Peter Bogdanovich
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Following the advice of director Frank Tashlin, Bogdanovich and his wife, production designer Polly Platt, packed up and moved to California. There, a chance meeting with exploitation director/producer Roger Corman led to his first job as a filmmaker. In early 1966, Bogdanovich was hired to do a script rewrite of Corman's upcoming biker picture, The Wild Angels, and wound up working on the picture as Corman's assistant, second unit director, assistant editor, and even as an extra, tussling with a Hell's Angel during a fight sequence. During those 22 weeks, Bogdanovich got a paid course in all aspects of how to make a film quickly, cheaply and efficiently. Pleased with Bogdanovich's work on Wild Angels, Corman next assigned him to shoot new English-language footage to be intercut with outer-space sequences from a Russian film Corman had purchased, eventually released as Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1966). His next assignment from Corman would turn into a major triumph for the fledgling filmmaker."--unidentified snippet, sourced at |
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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).
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). 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.
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 |