Director
Peter Bogdanovich
July 30, 1939 · Kingston, New York, USA
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).
Notable work
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Psychologist (voice)
6.8It Chapter Two (2019)
as Peter - Director
8.1How I Met Your Mother (2005)
as Peter Bogdanovich
8.7The Sopranos (1999)
as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg and Director
6While We're Young (2015)
as Speaker
7.9Paper Moon (1973)
Director
7.6The Last Picture Show (1971)
as DJ (voice) (uncredited) and Director
7.6The Good Wife (2009)
as Peter Bogdanovich
5.954 (1998)
as Elaine's Patron
7.3Mask (1985)
Director
7.9Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
as Arnold Whistler
7.4What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Director
Often works with
John Hillerman
3 titles together
Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?
Randy Quaid
3 titles together
Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?
Lorraine Bracco
2 titles together
The Sopranos, Rizzoli & Isles
Ryan O'Neal
2 titles together
Paper Moon, What's Up, Doc?
Madeline Kahn
2 titles together
Paper Moon, What's Up, Doc?
Jessie Lee Fulton
2 titles together
Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show
Full filmography · 89
Willie and Me
as Charley
2024
It Chapter Two
as Peter - Director
20196.8
The Creatress
as Theo Mencken
2019
Reborn
as Peter Bogdanovich
20186.3
The Other Side of the Wind
as Brooks Otterlake
20186.7
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Narrator (voice) and Director
20187.2
Los Angeles Overnight
as Vedor Ph.D.
2018
Six L.A. Love Stories
as Duane Crawford
2016
Between Us
as George
20165.1
The Tell-Tale Heart
as Old Man
2016
Durant's Never Closes
as George
2016
Pearly Gates
as Marty
2015