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

CREDITS
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
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
The Wild Angels, American International Pictures, 1966
The Trip, American International Pictures, 1967
Sammy Michaels, Targets (also known as Before I Die), Paramount, 1968
Vienna, 1968
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
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
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
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
Television Director
Movies
To Sir with Love II (also known as To Sir with Love '95), CBS, 1996
Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (also known as Aart andJohtje Vos and Marie Taquet), Showtime, 1997
The Price of Heaven (also known as Blessed Assurance), CBS,1997
Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998
A Saintly Switch (also known as In Your Shoes), ABC, 1999
Specials
The Great Professional: Howard Hawkes, BBC, 1967

Segment director, The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford,1973
Pilots
Prowler, CBS, 1995
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
Television Appearances
Series
Weekly commentator, CBS This Morning, CBS, 1987-1989
Dr. Elliott Kupferberg, The Sopranos, HBO, 2000-2001
Movies
Film professor, Rated X, Showtime, 2000
Miniseries
Vito Giancamo, Bella Mafia, CBS, 1997
Specials
Himself, James Stewart: A Wonderful Life, PBS, 1987
Bacall on Bogart, PBS, 1988
John Wayne: Standing Tall, PBS, 1989
John Cassavetes, PBS, 1990
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
Orson Welles: What Went Wrong?, Cinemax, 1992
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!, American Movie Classics, 1996
"The Battle over Citizen Kane," The American Experience, PBS, 1996
American Comedy Honors, Fox, 1997
Life's Greatest Holiday Stories (also known as Images of Life:The Greatest Stories Ever Told), CBS, 1997
Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Stars, TNT, 1998
Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Laughter, TNT,1998
Principal, Lick the Star, Bravo and Independent Film Channel, 1998
John Ford: An American Icon, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Intimate Portrait: Laura Dern, Lifetime, 1999
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
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
River Phoenix, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Jeff Bridges: Building Bridges, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Himself, New York at the Movies, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
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.
Stage Producer and Director
The Big Knife, off-Broadway production, 1959
Camino Real, off-Broadway production, 1961
Ten Little Indians, off-Broadway production, 1961
Rocket to the Moon, off-Broadway production, 1961
Once in a Lifetime, off-Broadway production, 1964
Radio Work
The Film Scene, New York City, 1960-1961
WRITINGS
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
Directed by John Ford, American Film Institute/California Arts Commission, 1974
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
They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Texasville, Columbia, 1990
Film Songs
"One Day Since Yesterday," They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Television Movies
The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (documentary), BBC, 1967
Books
The Cinema of Orson Welles, Museum of Modern Art (New York City),1961
The Cinema of Howard Hawks, Museum of Modern Art, Doubleday (New York City), 1962
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
John Ford, Studio Vista, 1968, expanded and revised edition, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1978
Fritz Lang in America, Studio Vista, 1968, Praeger (New York City), 1969
Allan Dawn: The Last Pioneer, Praeger, 1971
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)
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
This Is Orson Welles, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Harper (New York City), 1992, also available on audiocassette
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.
SIDELIGHTS
Peter Bogdanovich is proficient in the Serbian language.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

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

Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Volume 21, Gale, 1987
Giacci, V., Bogdanovich, (Florence, Italy), 1975
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:

Action, July/August, 1973
American Cinematographer, November, 1971
American Film, June, 1986, p. 13
Entertainment Weekly, May 3, 2002, p. 44
Esquire, August, 1990, p. 96
Film Critic, September/October, 1972
Filmmakers Newsletter, September, 1973
New York Times, February 2, 1979; April 20, 1979
People, January 16, 1989, p. 13; January 23, 1989, p. 56; April 9,2001, p. 198
Sequences, July, 1977
Sight and Sound, autumn, 1968; winter, 1973
Theatre Crafts, January, 1986, p. 94

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