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 th…
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The Sopranos (1999) — Director
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Paper Moon (1973) — Director
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The Last Picture Show (1971) — Director
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She's Funny That Way (2015) — Director
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Mask (1985) — Director
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What's Up, Doc? (1972) — Director
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Targets (1968) — Director
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Noises Off... (1992) — Director
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The Thing Called Love (1993) — Director
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The Cat's Meow (2001) — Director
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The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) — Director
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To Sir, with Love II (1996) — Director
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Texasville (1990) — Director
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They All Laughed (1981) — Director
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Saint Jack (1979) — Director
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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) — Director
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Nickelodeon (1976) — Director
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Directed by John Ford (1971) — Director
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Daisy Miller (1974) — Director
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At Long Last Love (1975) — Director
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007) — Director
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Illegally Yours (1988) — Director
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Fallen Angels (1993) — Director
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A Saintly Switch (1999) — Director
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The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) — Director
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Hustle (2004) — Director
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Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998) — Director
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997) — Director
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Blessed Assurance (1997) — Director
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Picture Windows: Song of Songs (1994) — Director
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The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) — Director
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Picture Windows (1995) — Director
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Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989) — Director
Also appeared in
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The Simpsons (1989) — Psychologist (voice)
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It Chapter Two (2019) — Peter - Director
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How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Peter Bogdanovich
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The Sopranos (1999) — Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
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While We're Young (2015) — Speaker
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The Last Picture Show (1971) — DJ (voice) (uncredited)
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She's Funny That Way (2015) — Self in TV clip (uncredited)
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The Good Wife (2009) — Peter Bogdanovich
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54 (1998) — Elaine's Patron
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Rizzoli & Isles (2010) — Arnold Whistler
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — George Merritt
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F for Fake (1973) — Self
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Are You Here (2013) — Judge Harlan Plath
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Opening Night (1977) — Self (uncredited)
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Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) — Self
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Targets (1968) — Sammy Michaels
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) — Brooks Otterlake
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Infamous (2006) — Bennett Cerf
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8 Simple Rules (2002) — Dr. Lohr
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Northern Exposure (1990) — Himself
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Abandoned (2010) — Dr. Markus Bensley
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78/52 (2017) — Self
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) — Self
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018) — Self
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Get Shorty (2017) — Giustino Moreweather
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The Trip (1967) — Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)
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Dedication (2007) — Roger Spade
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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Lick the Star (1998) — Principal
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Corman's World (2011) — Self - Filmmaker
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E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
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The Wild Angels (1966) — Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)
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Broken English (2007) — Irving Mann
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The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) — Narrator (voice)
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Rated X (2000) — Film Professor
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Audrey (2020) — Self - Filmmaker
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
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Reborn (2018) — Peter Bogdanovich
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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) — Self
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They All Laughed (1981) — Disk Jockey (uncredited)