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 Cormans 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 Whats Up Doc 1972 and Paper Moon 1973 Other films include Saint Jack 1979 They All Laughed 1981 Mask 1985 Noises Off 1992 The Cats Meow 2001 and Shes Funny That Way 2014 As an actor he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welless last film The Other Side of the Wind 2018 which he also helped finish He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin Down a Dream 2007 Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford 1971 and The Great Buster A Celebration 2018 He also published numerous books some of which include indepth interviews with friends Howard Hawks Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles Bogdanovichs works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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