Peter Bogdanovich
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Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian.
One of the "New Hollywood" directors, Bogdanovich started as a film journalist until he got hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). After that film's success, he directed his own film Targets (1968), a critical success. He garnered widespread recognition for his acclaimed coming of age film The Last Picture Show (1971). The film received eight Academy Award nominations including for the Best Picture, with Bogdanovich receiving nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Following The Last Picture Show success, he directed the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), which was a major box office success, and another critical and commercial success, Paper Moon (1973), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Director nomination. His following three films were all critical and commercial failures, including Daisy Miller (1974). He took a three-year hiatus before making a comeback with cult films Saint Jack (1979) and They All Laughed (1981). After his girlfriend Dorothy Stratten's murder, he took another four-year hiatus from filmmaking and wrote a memoir on her death titled The Killing of the Unicorn before making a comeback with Mask (1985), a critical and commercial success. He later went on to direct films such as Noises Off (1992), The Thing Called Love (1993), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). As an actor, he is known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last movie The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped to finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).
An accomplished film historian, he directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018), and published over ten books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers.
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Filmography
Directing credits
Film
Documentary films
- Directed by John Ford (1971)
- Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
- The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Television
TV series
Year | Title | Episode |
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1995 | Picture Windows | "Song of Songs" |
1995 | Fallen Angels | "A Dime a Dance" |
2004 | The Sopranos | "Sentimental Education" |
TV movies
- To Sir, with Love II (1996)
- The Price of Heaven (1997)
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997)
- Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)
- A Saintly Switch (1999)
- The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
- Hustle (2004)
Acting credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | The Wild Angels | Townsman in Fight at Loser's Funeral | Uncredited |
1967 | The Trip | Townsman in Fight at Loser's Funeral | Uncredited |
1968 | Targets | Sammy Michaels | |
1968 | Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women | Narrator | Voice Only |
1971 | The Last Picture Show | Disk Jockey | Voice Only Uncredited |
1977 | Opening Night | Himself | Uncredited |
1979 | Saint Jack | Eddie Schuman | |
1981 | They All Laughed | Disk Jockey | Uncredited |
1986 | Moonlighting | Himself | Uncredited TV Series: 1 Episode ("The Straight Poop") |
1993 | Northern Exposure | Himself | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Rosebud") |
1994 | Picture Windows | Lucca | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Song of Songs") |
1995 | Cybill | Himself | Uncredited TV Series: 1 Episode ("See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump!") |
1997 | Mr. Jealousy | Dr. Howard Poke | |
1997 | Bella Mafia | Vito Giancamo | TV Movie |
1997 | Highball | Frank | |
1998 | 54 | Elaine's Patron | |
1998 | Lick the Star | The Principal | Short Film |
1999 | Claire Makes it Big | Arturo Mulligan | Short Film |
1999 | Coming Soon | Bartholomew | |
2000 | Rated X | Film Professor | TV Movie |
2000–2007 | The Sopranos | Dr. Elliot Kupferberg | TV Series: 15 Episodes |
2001 | Festival in Cannes | Milo | |
2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Disc Jockey | Voice Only Credited with "Special Thanks" |
2003 | Out of Order | Zach | TV Series: 6 Episodes |
2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Disc Jockey | Credited with "Special Thanks" |
2004 | 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter | Dr. Lohr | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Daddy's Girl") |
2004 | The Definition of Insanity | Peter Bogdanovich | |
2005–2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | George Merritt | TV Series: 2 Episodes |
2006 | Infamous | Bennett Cerf | |
2007 | The Simpsons | Psychologist | Voice Only TV Series: 1 Episode ("Yokel Chords") |
2007 | Dedication | Roger Spade | |
2007 | The Dukes | Lou | |
2007 | The Fifth Patient | Edward Birani | |
2007 | Broken English | Iriving Mann | |
2007 | The Doorman | Peter | |
2008 | Humboldt County | Professor Hadley | |
2010 | Abandoned | Dr. Markus Bensley | |
2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Himself | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Robots Versus Wrestlers") |
2010 | Queen of the Lot | Pedja Sapir | |
2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Arnold Whistler | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Burning Down the House") |
2013 | Don't Let Me Go | Man | |
2013 | Cold Turkey | Poppy | |
2013 | Are You Here | Judge Harlan Plath | |
2014 | While We're Young | Speaker | |
2014 | The Good Wife | Himself | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Goliath and David") |
2014 | The Tell-Tale Heart | The Old Man | |
2015 | Pearly Gates | Marty | |
2016 | Durant's Never Closes | George | |
2016 | Between Us | George | |
2016 | Six LA Love Stories | Duane Crawford | |
2016 | Documentary Now! | Himself | TV Series: 1 Episode ("Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 1") |
2017–2019 | Get Shorty | Giustino Moreweather | TV Series: 4 Episodes |
2018 | Los Angeles Overnight | Vedor Ph.D. | |
2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Brooks Otterlake | Shot Between 1970 and 1976 |
2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Narrator | Voice Only Documentary |
2018 | Reborn | Himself | |
2019 | The Creatress | Theo Mencken | |
2019 | It Chapter Two | Peter - Director | |
2020 | Willie and Me | Charley |
Year | Title | Artist(s) |
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2012 | "Constant Conversations" | Passion Pit |
Miscellaneous
- Great Performances – episode – James Stewart: A Wonderful Life – Himself (1987)
- Great Performances – episode – Bacall on Bogart – Himself (1988)
- John Wayne Standing Tall – TV Movie – Himself (1989)
- Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right – Documentary – Himself (1996)
- Howard Hawks: American Artist – TV Movie documentary – Himself (1997)
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory – TV Movie documentary – Himself (1998)
- John Ford Goes to War – Documentary – Himself (2002)
- Karloff and Me – Documentary – Himself (2006)
- American Masters – episode – John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend – Himself (2006)
- Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption – Video Documentary – Himself (2006)
- Commemoration: Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" – Video short – Himself (2007)
- The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth: 7 Part Documentary (2009)
- Ride, Boldly Ride: The Journey to El Dorado: 7 Part Documentary (2009)
- Dreaming the Quiet Man – Documentary – Himself (2010)
- Peter Bogdanovich – Stagecoach Criterion Collection Edition Special Feature (2010)
- A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River – Red River Criterion Collection Edition Special Feature (2014)
- Hawks and Bogdanovich – Red River Criterion Collection Edition Audio excerpts Special Feature (2014)
Unmade films
- The Criminals (1966) – a World War II film for Roger Corman<ref>Yule p 24</ref>
- Lonesome Dove (1972) – a Western from a script by Larry McMurtry who turned it into the best selling novel<ref>Yule p 63</ref>
- The Apple Tree (early 1970s) from a script by Gavin Lambert based on the story by John Galsworthy
- The Girl with the Silver Eyes (1974) based on a short story by Dashiell Hammett<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Twelve's a Crowd (early 1980s) with Keith Carradine and Colleen Camp<ref name=autogenerated1>Yule p 179</ref>
- I'll Remember April with Colleen Camp, John Cassavetes and Charles Aznavour<ref name=autogenerated1 />
- remake of Detour (1945)<ref name=autogenerated1 />
- remake of Brewster's Millions (early 1980s) with John Ritter<ref name=autogenerated1 />
- The Lady in the Moon (early 1980s) from a script by Larry McMurtry<ref name=autogenerated1 />
- Private Lives with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton from the play by Noël Coward (early 1980s – they later appeared in it on stage)<ref name=autogenerated1 />
- Paradise Road (late 1980s) from a novel by David Scott Milton to star Frank Sinatra set in Las Vegas<ref>Yule p224</ref>
- Turn of the Century (2013) based on Kurt Anderson novel<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bogdanovich was also fired off Duck, You Sucker! (1971)<ref>Yule p 35</ref> and Another You (1991), the latter while during filming. He turned down directing A Glimpse of Tiger, The Getaway (1972), King of the Gypsies (1978),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Heaven Can Wait (1978), Hurricane (1979) and Popeye (1980).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also turned down the role played by Dabney Coleman in Tootsie (1982).<ref name=autogenerated2>Yule, p 180</ref> He also directed a scene in the John Cassavetes film Love Streams (1984) at the director's insistence.<ref name=autogenerated2/>
Books
Books by Peter Bogdanovich:
- 1961: The Cinema of Orson Welles. New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library. Template:OCLC.
- 1962: The Cinema of Howard Hawks. New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library. Template:OCLC.
- 1963: The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Museum of Modern Art Film Library. Template:OCLC.
- 1967: John Ford. London: Studio Vista. Template:OCLC. Expanded edition: Berkeley: University of California, 1978. Template:ISBN.
- 1967: Fritz Lang in America. London: Studio Vista. Template:OCLC; New York: Praeger. Template:OCLC.
- 1970: Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer. Inglaterra: Studio Vista. Template:OCLC.
- 1973: Pieces of Time. New York: Arbor House. Template:OCLC. Expanded edition, 1985: Pieces of Time: Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies, 1961–1985. Template:ISBN.
- 1984: The Killing of the Unicorn – Dorothy Stratten 1960–1980. William Morrow and Company. Template:ISBN.
- 1992: This is Orson Welles. HarperPerennial. Template:ISBN.
- 1995: A Moment with Miss Gish. Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press. Template:OCLC.
- 1997: Who The Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors. Alfred A. Knopf. Template:ISBN.
- 1999: Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week. New York: Ballantine Books. Template:ISBN.
- 2004: Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Template:ISBN.
Audio commentaries
Director's commentaries
- Targets
- The Last Picture Show (one solo commentary, and one with actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman and Frank Marshall)
- The Sopranos (TV series) (episode "Sentimental Education")
- What's Up, Doc?
- Paper Moon
- Daisy Miller
- Nickelodeon
- Saint Jack
- They All Laughed
- Mask
- The Thing Called Love
- The Cat's Meow
- She's Funny That Way (with co-writer/producer Louise Stratten)
Scholarly commentaries
- Bringing Up Baby
- Citizen Kane
- Clash by Night, with audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang
- El Dorado
- Fury, with audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang
- The Lady from Shanghai
- Land of the Pharaohs, with audio interview excerpts of director Howard Hawks
- M, with digital transfer supervisor Torsten Kaiser and restoration supervisor Martin Koerber, plus audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Othello, with Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel, on the Criterion Collection edition of the film
- The Rules of the Game, reading commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske, on the Criterion Collection edition of the film
- The Searchers
- The Sopranos (TV series) (episode "Pilot") with Sopranos creator David Chase
- Strangers on a Train, with Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Patricia Highsmith biographer Andrew Wilson and other participants
- To Catch a Thief, with film historian Laurent Bouzereau
- The Third Man, on the Criterion Collection edition of the film
- Make Way for Tomorrow, on the Criterion Collection edition of the film
Honors
- 80px Commander of the Order of Saint James of the Sword, Portugal (May 13, 1999)<ref name="OrdHonPor">{{
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References
- Yule, Andrew, Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich, Limelight, 1992
External links
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- 1Bogdanovich's Who the Hell's in It? reviewed in Seattle Weekly
- Bogdanovich's blog at indiewire
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