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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Peter Bogdanovich Biography (1939-)
Born July 30, 1939, in Kingston, NY; son of Borislav (an artist) and Herma (maiden name, Robinson) Bogdanovich; married Polly Platt (an art director and costume designer), 1962 (divorced, 1970); married Cybill Shepherd (an actress), 1971 (divorced, 1978); married Louise Beatrice Hoogstraten, December 30, 1988 (divorced, 2001); children: (first marriage) Antonia, Alexandra. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Parseghian/Planco Management, 23 East 22nd St., New York, NY10010.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, writer, actor, producer
- Birth Details
- July 30, 1939
- Kingston, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Second-unit director, The Wild Angels, American International Pictures, 1966
- (As Derek Thomas) Director, Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women (also known as The Gill Women and The Gill-Women of Venus), American International Pictures, 1966
- Director, producer, and (uncredited) editor, Targets (also known as Before I Die), Paramount, 1968
- Director, The Last Picture Show, Columbia, 1971
- Director and producer, What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972
- Director and producer, Paper Moon, Paramount, 1973
- Director, Directed by John Ford, American Film Institute/California Arts Commission, 1974
- Director and producer, Daisy Miller, Paramount, 1974
- Director and producer, At Long Last Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
- Director, Nickelodeon, Columbia, 1976
- Director, Saint Jack, New World Pictures, 1979
- Director, They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Executive producer, The City Girl, Moon Pictures, 1984
- Director, Mask, Universal, 1985
- Director and producer, Illegally Yours, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1988
- Director and coproducer, Texasville, Columbia, 1990
- Director and co-executive producer, Noises Off, Buena Vista, 1992
- Director, The Thing Called Love, Paramount, 1993
- Director, The Cat's Meow, 2001
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Film Appearances
- Narrator, Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women (also known as The Gill Women and The Gill-Women of Venus), American International Pictures, 1966
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The Wild Angels, American International Pictures, 1966
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The Trip, American International Pictures, 1967
- Sammy Michaels, Targets (also known as Before I Die), Paramount, 1968
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Vienna, 1968
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Lion's Love, Max L. Raab Productions, 1969
- Brooks Otterlake, The Other Side of the Wind, 1970
- Voice of disc jockey, The Last Picture Show, Columbia, 1971
- (Uncredited) Interviewer, Directed by John Ford, American Film Institute/California Arts Commission, 1974
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Diaries, Notes and Sketches: Volume I, Reels 1-6: Lost Lost Lost,1975
- Voice of special participant, Verites et mensonges (also known asF for Fake and F wie Faelschung), 1975
- (Uncredited) Opening Night, Faces, 1978
- Eddie Schuman, Saint Jack, New World Pictures, 1979
- Himself, Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story, 1985
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Jean Renoir, 1993
- Himself, Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right, FBN, 1996
- Himself, Who Is Henry Jaglom?, 1996
- Frank, Highball, Kathy Morgan International, 1997
- Dr. Howard Poke, Mr. Jealousy, Lions Gate Films, 1997
- Elaine's patron, 54 (also known as Fifty-Four), Miramax, 1998
- Bartholomew, Coming Soon, Unapix Entertainment, Inc., 1999
- Himself, The Shoe Store, 1999
- Himself, The Last Picture Show: A Look Back, 1999
- Arturo Mulligan, Claire Makes It Big, Calliope Films, 1999
- Himself, The Independent, Arrow Releasing, 2000
- Himself, The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000
- Himself, All about the Birds, 2000
- Milo, Festival in Cannes, Paramount Classics, 2001
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Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies, 2001
- Himself, A Constant Forge: The Life and Art of John Cassavetes, 2001
- Cameo as himself, An American Dream, 2002
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Television Director
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Movies
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To Sir with Love II (also known as To Sir with Love '95), CBS, 1996
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (also known as Aart andJohtje Vos and Marie Taquet), Showtime, 1997
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The Price of Heaven (also known as Blessed Assurance), CBS,1997
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Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998
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A Saintly Switch (also known as In Your Shoes), ABC, 1999
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Specials
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The Great Professional: Howard Hawkes, BBC, 1967
- Segment director, The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford,1973
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Pilots
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Prowler, CBS, 1995
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Episodic
- "Song of Songs," Picture Windows (also known as Pictures Windows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995
- "A Dime a Dance," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1995
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Weekly commentator, CBS This Morning, CBS, 1987-1989
- Dr. Elliott Kupferberg, The Sopranos, HBO, 2000-2001
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Movies
- Film professor, Rated X, Showtime, 2000
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Miniseries
- Vito Giancamo, Bella Mafia, CBS, 1997
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Specials
- Himself, James Stewart: A Wonderful Life, PBS, 1987
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Bacall on Bogart, PBS, 1988
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John Wayne: Standing Tall, PBS, 1989
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John Cassavetes, PBS, 1990
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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film, TNT, 1990
- Himself, Hollywood Mavericks, 1990
- Himself, Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City,Texas (also known as The Making of Texasville), Showtime, 1992
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Orson Welles: What Went Wrong?, Cinemax, 1992
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Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!, American Movie Classics, 1996
- "The Battle over Citizen Kane," The American Experience, PBS, 1996
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American Comedy Honors, Fox, 1997
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Life's Greatest Holiday Stories (also known as Images of Life:The Greatest Stories Ever Told), CBS, 1997
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Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Stars, TNT, 1998
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Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Laughter, TNT,1998
- Principal, Lick the Star, Bravo and Independent Film Channel, 1998
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John Ford: An American Icon, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
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Intimate Portrait: Laura Dern, Lifetime, 1999
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Hitchcock, Selznick & the End of Hollywood, PBS, 1999
- Himself, Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (also known as Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius Behind the Showman and Dial H for Hitchcock),TCM, 1999
- Himself, On Cukor (also known as American Masters: On Cukor), PBS, 2000
- Himself, Y usted ... De que se rie? (also known as El gag ... ycomo conseguirlo), 2000
- Himself, Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn, Lifetime, 2000
- Cohost, If We Picked the Winners, syndicated, 2000
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Burt Reynolds: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2000
- Narrator, It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American InternationalPictures, AMC, 2001
- Himself, Dorothy Stratten: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
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River Phoenix, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
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Jeff Bridges: Building Bridges, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
- Himself, New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
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Episodic
- Himself, "The Straight Poop," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987
- Himself, "Rosebud," Northern Exposure, CBS, 1993
- Lucca, "Song of Songs," Picture Windows (also known as PicturesWindows: Language of the Heart), Showtime, 1995
- (Uncredited) Himself, "See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump!" Cybill, CBS, 1995
- Also appeared in "An Affair to Remember," Backstory, AMC; "How Green Was My Valley," Backstory, AMC; American Cinema, PBS.
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Stage Producer and Director
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The Big Knife, off-Broadway production, 1959
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Camino Real, off-Broadway production, 1961
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Ten Little Indians, off-Broadway production, 1961
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Rocket to the Moon, off-Broadway production, 1961
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Once in a Lifetime, off-Broadway production, 1964
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Radio Work
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The Film Scene, New York City, 1960-1961
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (Uncredited; with Roger Corman) The Wild Angels, American International Pictures, 1966
- (With former wife, Polly Platt) Targets (also known as Before IDie), Paramount, 1968
- (With Larry McMurtry) The Last Picture Show (based on the novel byMcMurtry), Columbia, 1971, published by B.B.S. Productions, 1970
- Story only, What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972
- (With Alvin Sargent) Paper Moon (based on the novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown), Paramount, 1973
- (With Frederic Raphael) Daisy Miller (based on the short story byHenry James), Paramount, 1974
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Directed by John Ford, American Film Institute/California Arts Commission, 1974
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At Long Last Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
- (With W. D. Richter) Nickelodeon, Columbia, 1976
- (With Howard Sackler and Paul Theroux) Saint Jack (based on the novel by Theroux), New World Pictures, 1979
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They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
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Texasville, Columbia, 1990
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Film Songs
- "One Day Since Yesterday," They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
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Television Movies
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The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (documentary), BBC, 1967
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Books
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The Cinema of Orson Welles, Museum of Modern Art (New York City),1961
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The Cinema of Howard Hawks, Museum of Modern Art, Doubleday (New York City), 1962
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The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, Museum of Modern Art, Doubleday, 1963
- (Contributor) David Newman, editor, "Esquire's" World of Humor, Harper (New York City), 1964
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John Ford, Studio Vista, 1968, expanded and revised edition, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1978
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Fritz Lang in America, Studio Vista, 1968, Praeger (New York City), 1969
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Allan Dawn: The Last Pioneer, Praeger, 1971
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Pieces of Time: Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies, Arbor House (AnnArbor, MI), 1973 (published in England as Picture Shows: Peter Bogdanovichon the Movies, Allen & Unwin, 1975, enlarged edition, 1985)
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The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980): A Memoir, Morrow (New York City), 1984
- (Editor and author of introduction) A Year and a Day Calendar, Overlook Press (New York City), annually, beginning in 1992
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This Is Orson Welles, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Harper (New York City), 1992, also available on audiocassette
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Who the Devil Made It, Knopf (New York City), 1997
- Contributor of articles to Esquire,
Frontier,
Saturday Evening Post,
Vogue,
Cahiers du Cinema,
New York Times,
Variety, and Los Angeles Times; editor, Showbill, 1960-61.
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SIDELIGHTS
- Peter Bogdanovich is proficient in the Serbian language.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
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Paper Moon was adapted for the stage as a musical by Martin Casella, with lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh and music by Larry Grossman; the musical, Girls Like Us, was produced at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticutin 1996.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Volume 21, Gale, 1987
- Giacci, V., Bogdanovich, (Florence, Italy), 1975
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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
- Sherman, Eric and Martin Rubin, The Director's Event, (New York),1970
Periodicals:
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Action, July/August, 1973
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American Cinematographer, November, 1971
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American Film, June, 1986, p. 13
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Entertainment Weekly, May 3, 2002, p. 44
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Esquire, August, 1990, p. 96
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Film Critic, September/October, 1972
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Filmmakers Newsletter, September, 1973
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New York Times, February 2, 1979; April 20, 1979
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People, January 16, 1989, p. 13; January 23, 1989, p. 56; April 9,2001, p. 198
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Sequences, July, 1977
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Sight and Sound, autumn, 1968; winter, 1973
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Theatre Crafts, January, 1986, p. 94
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