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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started out his career as a young actor studying under Stella Adler before working as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire and finally becoming a prominent filmmaker of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Ac…
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culture · American film director (1939–2022) · actor · film director · screenwriter · film producer · camera operator · film editor · writer · journalist · film critic · film actor · also Peter Bogdanovich, Bogdanovich
Born 30 July 1939 · Died 6 January 2022 · Q158250
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2026· 4 entries
“I just killed my wife and my mother. I know they'll get me. But before that, many more will die...”
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“I went from getting the laundry to directing the picture in three weeks. Altogether, I worked 22 weeks – preproduction, shooting, second unit, cutting, dubbing – I haven”
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America Magazine: Cherishing truth amid lies: Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Peter Bogdanovich
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2024· 1 entry
New York Post: Cher rants about ‘arrogant’ ‘Mask’ director Peter Bogdanovich: ‘He was a pig’
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2022· 13 entries
Louise Stratten announced that she was seeking a publisher for Bogdanovich's memoirs, as well as working on putting out episodes of a podcast series Bogdanovich had started called One Handshake Away, where contemporary f
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Deadline.com: Peter Bogdanovich’s Last Picture Show: NFT ‘LIT Project 2 Flux’ Starring Kim Basinger Set For January 25 Release Through Ethereum Blockchain
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The Guardian: Peter Bogdanovich obituary
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The Guardian: Peter Bogdanovich: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Peter Bogdanovich: a loving cineaste and fearless genius of cinema | Peter Bradshaw
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The Guardian: Peter Bogdanovich, acclaimed writer-director, dies at 82
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Entertainment Weekly: Cher, Barbra Streisand, and more react to the death of Peter Bogdanovich
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WPRI 12: Peter Bogdanovich, director of ‘Paper Moon,’ dead at 82
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Variety: Remembering Peter Bogdanovich, a Storyteller Who Kept Old Hollywood’s Memory Alive
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New York Post: Peter Bogdanovich, legendary ‘Last Picture Show’ director, dead at 82
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Yahoo: Peter Bogdanovich Remembered as ‘Champion of Cinema,’ ‘Marvelous Film Critic and Author’
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CNBC: Peter Bogdanovich, director of 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Paper Moon,' dead at 82
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Died 2022-01-06.
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2018· 1 entry
Orson Welles' long-delayed film The Other Side of the Wind, which was filmed in the 1970s and featured a prominent supporting role by Bogdanovich, who had long hoped to complete it, was released by Netflix to critical ac
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2014· 1 entry
Bogdanovich's last narrative film, She's Funny That Way, was released in theaters and on-demand, albeit not in the version that he intended, as 29 minutes were removed from the release
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2012· 1 entry
Bogdanovich made news with an essay in The Hollywood Reporter, published in the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting, in which he argued against excessive violence in the movies:Today, there's a general nu
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2011· 1 entry
Was given the Auteur Award by the International Press Academy, which is awarded to filmmakers whose singular vision and unique artistic control over the elements of production give a personal and signature style to th
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2010· 2 entries
Was awarded the Master of Cinema Award at the 12th Annual RiverRun International Film Festival
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Bogdanovich joined the directing faculty at the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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2006· 2 entries
Bogdanovich joined forces with ClickStar, where he hosted a classic film channel, Peter Bogdanovich's Golden Age of Movies
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Re-edited it to make it "faster and more incisive", with additional interviews with Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, Harry Carey Jr
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2003· 1 entry
Appeared in the BBC documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, and in 2006 he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust
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2001· 1 entry
Bogdanovich resurfaced with The Cat's Meow, his return once again to a reworking of the past, this time the alleged killing of director Thomas Ince by William Randolph Hearst
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1992· 1 entry
And 1993, but neither film recaptured the success of his early career
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1991· 1 entry
Bogdanovich developed an alternative calendar, titled A Year and a Day: Goddess Engagement Calendar
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1990· 1 entry
Bogdanovich adapted Larry McMurtry's novel Texasville, a sequel to The Last Picture Show, into a film
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1988· 1 entry
The 49-year-old Bogdanovich married 20-year-old Louise, sparking a tabloid frenzy
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1985· 1 entry
To critical acclaim and strong box office returns
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1982· 1 entry
“but new facts kept coming to light and so it was delayed. I did more and more rewriting. In all, I suppose, I wrote the book five times.”
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1980· 1 entry
Who began a romantic relationship with Bogdanovich
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1976· 1 entry
“I was dumb. I made a lot of mistakes.”
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1975· 1 entry
Sued Universal for breaching a contract to produce and direct Bugsy
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1974· 1 entry
Alongside The Godfather Part II), and Bogdanovich's Cybill Shepherd vehicle, Daisy Miller, which had a lackluster critical reception and was a disappointment at the box office
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1973· 2 entries
Earned Silver Shell for Best Director (1973).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for The Last Picture Show (1973).
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1970· 1 entry
Bogdanovich was commissioned by the American Film Institute to direct a documentary about John Ford for their tribute, Directed by John Ford
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1966· 1 entry
Following the example of Cahiers du Cinéma critics François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, and Éric Rohmer, who had created the Nouvelle Vague ("New Wave") by making their own films, Bogdanovich decided to be
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1957· 1 entry
And studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory
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1952· 1 entry
When he was twelve, Bogdanovich began keeping a record of every film he saw on yellow index cards, complete with reviews; he continued to do so until 1970
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-07-30.
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1938· 1 entry
At eighteen months of age, after a pot of boiling soup fell on him, though Bogdanovich did not learn about his brother until he was seven and did not know the circumstances of his death until he was an adult
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