
Peter Bogdanovich
Known for Directing · 223 credits
- Born
- 1939-07-30
- Died
- 2022-01-06
- Place of birth
- Kingston, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Derek Thomas
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (25)

The Simpsons
1989
as Psychologist (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest Host

The Sopranos
1999
as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as George Merritt

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The Good Wife
2009
as Peter Bogdanovich

How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Peter Bogdanovich

Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Arnold Whistler

Great Performances
1971
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Northern Exposure
1990
as Himself

8 Simple Rules
2002
as Dr. Lohr

Dinah!
1974
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self

Cybill
1995

Talking Sopranos
2020
as Self

Get Shorty
2017
as Giustino Moreweather

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

American Cinema
1994
as Self

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
as Self

Out of Order
2003
as Zach

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self

Picture Windows
1995
as Lucca
Movies (198)

It Chapter Two
2019
as Peter - Director

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
2021
as Self

She's Funny That Way
2015
as Self in TV clip (uncredited)

Scene Stealers
2004
as Peter Bogdanovich

Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)

The Last Picture Show
1971
as DJ (voice) (uncredited)

Are You Here
2013
as Judge Harlan Plath

54
1998
as Elaine's Patron

While We're Young
2015
as Speaker

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self

Corman's World
2011
as Self - Filmmaker

Mr. Jealousy
1998
as Dr. Howard Poke

Saint Jack
1979
as Eddie Schuman

Infamous
2006
as Bennett Cerf

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
2004
as Self

Abandoned
2010
as Dr. Markus Bensley

Audrey
2020
as Self - Filmmaker

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self

F for Fake
1973
as Self

Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self

Invisible Women
as Himself

Bella Mafia
1997
as Vito Giancamo

Targets
1968
as Sammy Michaels

Humboldt County
2008
as Professor Hadley

The Wild Angels
1966
as Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
as Self

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self

Casting By
2012
as Self

Picture This
1991
as Self
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
as Self

A Constant Forge
2000
as Self

The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Brooks Otterlake

Broken English
2007
as Irving Mann

Between Us
2016
as George

The Independent
2000
as Peter Bogdanovich

The Trip
1967
as Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Himself

Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
Don't Let Me Go
2013
as Man

Lions Love
1969
as Peter (uncredited)

Los Angeles Overnight
2018
as Vedor Ph.D.

Getting the Moon
2003
as Self

Carl Laemmle
2019
as Himself

The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self

Hitchcock and Dial M
2004
as Self

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
as Self

The Tell-Tale Heart
2016
as Old Man

Opening Night
1977
as Self (uncredited)
New York at the Movies
2002
as Self
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
as Self

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (voice)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self

Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)

They All Laughed
1981
as Disk Jockey (uncredited)

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self

Six L.A. Love Stories
2016
as Duane Crawford

All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self

78/52
2017
as Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Narrator (voice)

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self

Festival in Cannes
2001
as Milo
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006
as Self (archive footage)

I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee

Reborn
2018
as Peter Bogdanovich

Godard Made in USA
2010
as Self

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self

Coming Soon
1999
as Bartholomew

365 Day Project
2007
as Self

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
1968
as Narrator (voice)

John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Self - Interviewee

Rated X
2000
as Film Professor

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self

We Blew It
2017
as Self

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
John Wayne Standing Tall
1989
as Self

Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
1977
as Self

Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004
as Self

Highball
2002
as Frank

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self

Claire Makes It Big
1999
as Arturo Mulligan

Willie and Me
2024
as Charley

The Fifth Patient
2007
as John Reilly

F.
1999
as Self

The Orson Welles Story
1982
as Self

The Dukes
2007
as Lou Fiola
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
2008
as Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self

Fragments of Paradise
2022
as Self

Pearly Gates
2015
as Marty

The Trouble with 'Marnie'
2000
as Self

Wanderlust
2006
as Himself

Cold Turkey
2013
as Poppy

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker
The Doorman
2008
as Peter

This Is Orson Welles
2015
as Self

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self

Durant's Never Closes
2016
as George
By Bogdanovich
2011
Hollywood Gangster
2008
as Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self

The Wild One
2023
as Self

Queen of the Lot
2010
as Pedja Sapir

Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
2016
as Himself

The Next Picture Show
2003
as Self

Working with Orson Welles
1993
as Himself

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self

Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
as Self

Dedication
2007
as Roger Spade

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972
as Self
About Peter Bogdanovich
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 featur… With 223 credits spanning from 1961 to 2024, Peter Bogdanovich has appeared in 198 films and 25 TV shows.
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- Directed by John Ford (1971) — as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
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