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Peter Bogdanovich

Directing·Jul 30, 1939·Kingston, New York, USA

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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.

Academy Awards®1972
- Best Director
  The Last Picture Show
- Best Adapted Screenplay
  The Last Picture Show

Film	Credit
The Great Buster: A Celebration2018 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Screenplay	Narrator (voice), Producer, Director, Screenplay
She's Funny That Way2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream2007 · Director	Director
Hustle2004 · Director	Director
The Mystery of Natalie Wood2004 · Director	Director
The Cat's Meow2002 · Director	Director
A Saintly Switch1999 · Director	Director
Naked City: A Killer Christmas1998 · Director	Director
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women1997 · Director	Director
Blessed Assurance1997 · Director	Director
To Sir, with Love II1996 · Director	Director
Picture Windows: Song of Songs1994 · Lucca, Director	Lucca, Director
The Thing Called Love1993 · Director	Director
Noises Off...1992 · Director	Director
Texasville1990 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief1989 · Director	Director
Illegally Yours1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Mask1985 · Director	Director
They All Laughed1981 · Disk Jockey (uncredited), Writer, Director	Disk Jockey (uncredited), Writer, Director
Saint Jack1979 · Eddie Schuman, Director, Screenplay	Eddie Schuman, Director, Screenplay
Nickelodeon1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
At Long Last Love1975 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Daisy Miller1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Paper Moon1973 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
What's Up, Doc?1972 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Last Picture Show1971 · DJ (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	DJ (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Directed by John Ford1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women1968 · Narrator (voice), Director	Narrator (voice), Director
Targets1968 · Sammy Michaels, Director, Screenplay, Producer	Sammy Michaels, Director, Screenplay, Producer