Peter BogdanovichComSE (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Богдановић; 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).[2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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PeterBogdanovich ComSE (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Богдановић; July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic...
PeterBogdanovich (1939–2022) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film historian whose career spanned over fifty years. His...
project, They All Laughed (1981), a romantic comedy being directed by PeterBogdanovich. This would be Stratten's fifth movie in a career that had only begun...
48 years in development. The film stars John Huston, Bob Random, PeterBogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, and Oja Kodar. Intended by Welles to be his directorial...
The Death of Richie (1977). Gazzara's career received a boost when PeterBogdanovich cast him in the title role of Saint Jack (1979). His increased profile...
1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by PeterBogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel The Last Picture...
Rebecca Romijn. It is Bogdanovich's directorial debut. Her father, PeterBogdanovich, served as an executive producer. Luke Kleintank as Beckett Emerson...
film directed by PeterBogdanovich in his theatrical directorial debut, and starring Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Bogdanovich, James Brown, Arthur...
Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, PeterBogdanovich, Joe Dante, John Sayles, and James Cameron, and was highly influential...
model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in PeterBogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges...
credited with contributing to the success of ex-husband and director PeterBogdanovich's early films; mentoring then first-time director and writer Cameron...
They All Laughed is a 1981 American romantic comedy film directed by PeterBogdanovich and starring Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter, Colleen Camp...
Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960–1980 is a book by PeterBogdanovich detailing the relationship between Bogdanovich and Dorothy Stratten, the making of They All...
November 9, 2019. Welles, Orson; Bogdanovich, Peter; Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1998). "My Orson [new introduction by PeterBogdanovich]". This is Orson Welles (2nd ed...
films. PeterBogdanovich discovered him when Quaid was a student at the University of Houston, and he received his first exposure in Bogdanovich's The Last...
Divorce American Style (1967), followed by a supporting role in PeterBogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a BAFTA Award nomination...
30, 2004). "PeterBogdanovich". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2014. "PeterBogdanovich – Hollywood survivor"...
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