Peter Bogdanovich
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.
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich
A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson
