Peter Bogdanovich, director of 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Paper Moon,' dies at 82
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Peter Bogdanovich, the Hollywood filmmaker who parlayed his youthful obsession with American cinema and formative experience as a magazine critic into a career as the director of 1970s classics such as "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon," died Thursday.
He was 82.
Bogdanovich died of natural causes just before 1 am. Thursday, according to his daughter, Antonia Bogdanovich.
We would like to ask for your respect of our privacy while we mourn the death of our loved one, our precious man," she said in a statement.
In his glory days, Bogdanovich was considered a moviemaking wunderkind, celebrated for his technical mastery and encyclopedic knowledge of film history. He championed and emulated classical genres and forms.
In his 20s, he churned out monographs on Golden Age auteurs like Orson Welles and Howard Hawks. He was just 32 when his third feature, the melancholy coming-of-age portrait "The Last Picture Show," dazzled critics and collected eight Oscar nominations.
He rose to national prominence during the “New Hollywood” wave of the late 1960s and ‘70s, a time when iconoclastic young directors got the keys to the proverbial kingdom.
Bogdanovich's career was a rollercoaster. He followed "The Last Picture Show" with two warm-hearted hits: the screwball pastiche "What's Up, Doc?" (1972) and the father-daughter dramedy "Paper Moon" (1973).
But those back-to-back successes were followed by a string of commercial failures that tarnished his reputation, including the literary adaptation "Daisy Miller" (1974). His filmography was sometimes overshadowed by one of the defining tragedies of his life.
In the summer of 1980, Bogdanovich's girlfriend, model and actor Dorothy Stratten, was murdered by her estranged husband. The killing led Bogdanovich to take a four-year hiatus from directing and shadowed the rest of his life.
In recent decades, Bogdanovich made films only intermittently, and almost never with the same commercial visibility or critical acclaim of his early works. But he remained a cult figure among cinephiles, revered as the country's unofficial chief film professor.
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.
Spouse(s) Polly Platt[1]
(m. 1962; div. 1971)
Louise Stratten
(m. 1988; div. 2001)
Partner(s) Cybill Shepherd (1971–1978)
Dorothy Stratten
(1980; her death)
Filmography
Directing credits
Film
Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1968 Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women Yes No No Credited as Derek Thomas
Targets Yes Yes Yes Also editor
1971 The Last Picture Show Yes Yes No BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Director
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1972 What's Up, Doc? Yes Yes Yes
1973 Paper Moon Yes No Yes Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1974 Daisy Miller Yes No Yes
1975 At Long Last Love Yes Yes Yes
1976 Nickelodeon Yes Yes No Nominated – Golden Bear
1979 Saint Jack Yes Yes No Venice Film Festival for Best Film
1981 They All Laughed Yes Yes No
1985 Mask Yes No No Nominated – Palme d'Or
1988 Illegally Yours Yes No Yes
1990 Texasville Yes Yes Yes
1992 Noises Off Yes No Executive
1993 The Thing Called Love Yes No No
2001 The Cat's Meow Yes No No
2014 She's Funny That Way[40][41] Yes Yes No
Documentary films
Directed by John Ford (1971)
Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Television
TV series
Year Title Episode
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
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
Music videos Year Title Artist(s)
2012 "Constant Conversations" Passion Pit
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