Peter Bogdanovich
Biography
Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire before becoming a prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). His credited feature film debut came with Targets (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama The Last Picture Show (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Other films include Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Noises Off (1992), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). As an actor, he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018). He also published numerous books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (48)
Willie and Me
as Charley
2024
The Wild One
as Self
2023
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
as Self
2023
Argentina 1985
Thanks (Crew)
2022
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2022
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
as Self
2022
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
as Self
2021
I Am Burt Reynolds
as Self - Interviewee
2020
Audrey
as Self - Filmmaker
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
2020
Morning Has Broken
as Shem
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2019
It Chapter Two
as Peter - Director
2019
The Creatress
as Theo Mencken
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
as Self
2019
Carl Laemmle
as Himself
2019
Reborn
as Peter Bogdanovich
2018
The Other Side of the Wind
as Brooks Otterlake
2018
Tesla Nation
as Himself
2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Narrator (voice)
2018
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
as Self - Executive Producer, Actor
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self
2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
as Self
2018
Los Angeles Overnight
as Vedor Ph.D.
2018
We Blew It
as Self
2017
Cult of Terror
as Self - Filmmaker
2017
78/52
as Self
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (voice)
2017
Hawks on Hawks
as Self (voice)
2017
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Duane Crawford
2016
Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
as Himself
2016
Between Us
as George
2016
The Tell-Tale Heart
as Old Man
2016
Durant's Never Closes
as George
2016
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self
2015
This Is Orson Welles
as Self
2015
Pearly Gates
as Marty
2015
She's Funny That Way
Director (Directing)
2015
While We're Young
as Speaker
2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker
2014
Phantom Halo
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
as Self
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
as Self
2014
A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River
as Self
2014
Cold Turkey
as Poppy
2013
