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Peter Bogdanovich

Born July 30, 1939 (1939-07-30) (age 68)
Kingston, New York
Spouse(s) Polly Platt (1966-1970)
Louise Stratten (1988-2001)

Peter Bogdanovich (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Богдановић) (born July 30, 1939) is an American film historian, director, writer, actor and critic. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kingston is a City in Ulster County, New York, United States. Polly Platt (born 29 January 1939) is an American Film producer, Production designer and Screenwriter. Louise Beatrice Stratten, also referred to as " LB" born on May 8 1968 in Vancouver British Columbia Canada is the younger sister of the murdered Playboy The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The history of film spans over a hundred years from the latter part of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word He was part of the wave of "New Hollywood" directors (which included William Friedkin, Brian DePalma, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino and Francis Ford Coppola, among others), and was particularly relevant during the 1970s with his film The Last Picture Show. New Hollywood or post- classical Hollywood, sometimes referred to as the "American New Wave" refers to the brief time between roughly the mid- 1960s ( William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11 1940 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Film director. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Michael Cimino (ˈtʃamɪnəʊ born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an American, Academy Award-winning film director Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry.

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Early life

The son of immigrants fleeing the Nazis -- his father is a Serbian painter and pianist and his mother descended from a rich Austrian Jewish family -- Bogdanovich was conceived in Europe but born in America. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ He was originally an actor in the 1950s, studying his craft with acting teacher Stella Adler (he was only 16 but had to lie about his age and say he was 18 to qualify), and appearing on television and in summer stock. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Stella Adler ( February 10, 1901 * – December 21, 1992) was an American actress. In the early 1960s, Bogdanovich became known for programming movies at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth The City of New York An obsessive cinema-goer, sometimes seeing up to 400 movies a year in his youth, Bogdanovich prominently showcased the work of American directors such as John Ford, whom he subsequently wrote a book about based on the notes he had produced for the MoMA retrospective of the director, and the then-underappreciated Howard Hawks. Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896 &ndash December 26, 1977) was an American Film director, producer and Bogdanovich also brought attention to such forgotten pioneers of American cinema as Allan Dwan. Allan Dwan (April 3 1885 &ndash December 28 1981 was a pioneering Canadian -born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter

Bogdanovich was influenced by the French critics of the 1950s who wrote for Cahiers du Cinéma, especially critic-turned-director François Truffaut. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Cahiers du cinéma ( Notebooks on Cinema;) is an influential French Film Magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking Before becoming a director himself, he built his reputation as a film writer with articles in Esquire. Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition These articles were collected in "Pieces of Time" (1973). In 1968, following the example of Cahiers du Cinéma critics 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 become a director. Cahiers du cinéma ( Notebooks on Cinema;) is an influential French Film Magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague Claude Chabrol (klod ʃaˈbʁɔl in French (born 24 June 1930 Paris) is a French film director and has become well-known since his first film Éric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, 4 April 1920 Tulle, France) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. With his wife Polly Platt in tow, they packed their bags, took a grocery carriage full of books and loaded them into their car and headed for Los Angeles, skipping out on their rent in the process. Polly Platt (born 29 January 1939) is an American Film producer, Production designer and Screenwriter. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Intent on getting into the industry, Bogdanovich's persistence paid off when he would bug publicists for movie premiere and industry party invites. At one screening, Bogdanovich was viewing a film with film director Roger Corman sitting behind him. Roger William Corman (born April 5 1926) sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate The two struck up a conversation when Corman mentioned he liked a cinema piece Bogdanovich wrote for Esquire. It was in this conversation that Corman offered him a directing job which Bogdanovich didn't even blink before accepting. He went on to work with Corman on Targets and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women. Targets ( 1968) is a Film written, produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women is a 1968 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Bogdanovich later said of the Corman school of filmmaking, "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't learned as much since. "[1]

Turning back to journalism, Bogdanovich struck up a life-long friendship with Orson Welles while interviewing him on the set of Mike Nichols's Catch-22. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Mike Nichols (born November 6 1931) is an American television stage and Film director, writer and producer WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Bogdanovich played a major role in elucidating Welles and his career with his writings on the actor-director, most notably his book This is Orson Welles (1992). In the early '70s when Welles was having financial problems, Bogdanovich let him stay at his Bel Air mansion for a couple of years.

In 1970, Bogdanovich was commissioned by the American Film Institute to direct a documentary about John Ford for a tribute, Directed by John Ford. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 The resulting film is considered a classic Hollywood profile documentary. It included candid interviews with the likes of John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and was narrated by Orson Welles. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Out of circulation for years due to licensing issues, Bogdanovich and TCM released it in 2006, featuring newer, pristine film clips, and additional interviews with Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, Harry Carey, Jr., Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and others. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Walter Hill may refer to Walter Hill (director (born 1942 American film director Walter Barnard Hill (1851&ndash1905 chancellor Harry Carey Jr (born Henry G Carey; May 16, 1921) is an American Film actor. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer.

Eruption into stardom

The 32-year old Bogdanovich was hailed by a critics as a "Wellesian" wunderkind when his best known film, The Last Picture Show, was released in 1971. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. The film received eight Academy Awards nominations, including Best Director, and won two statues: Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson in the supporting acting categories. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning American Actress of stage, Film and Ben Johnson or Benjamin Johnson may be Ben Johnson (sprinter (born 1961 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson (politician (1858&ndash1950 Bogdanovich, who had cast the 19-year-old model Cybill Shepherd in a major role in the film, fell in love with her, an affair that eventually led to his divorce from Polly Platt, his long-time artistic collaborator and the mother of his two children. Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born 18 February, 1950) is a American Actress, Singer and former fashion model.

Bogdanovich followed up The Last Picture Show with the popular hit What's Up, Doc? (1972) starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, a screwball comedy indebted to Hawks' Bringing Up Baby (1937) and His Girl Friday (1941). What's Up Doc? is a Screwball comedy from 1972, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Ryan O'Neal (born Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal; April 20 1941 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor The screwball comedy is a subgenre of the comedy Film genre. It has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring film genres Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 Screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. His Girl Friday is a Screwball comedy, a Remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Despite his reliance on homage to bygone cinema, Bogdanovich had solidified his status as one of a new breed of A-list directors that included Academy Award winners Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin, with whom he formed The Directors Company. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director The Directors Company was a generous production deal with Paramount Pictures that essentially gave the directors carte blanche, if they kept within budget limitations. It was through this entity that Bogdanovich's Paper Moon (1973) was produced. Paper Moon is an American Motion picture Comedy that was released in 1973 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

Paper Moon, a Depression-era comedy starring Ryan O'Neal that won his 10-year-old daughter Tatum O'Neal an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress, proved to be the high-water mark of Bogdanovich's career. Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963 in Los Angeles California) is an Academy Award -winning American actress best Forced to share the profits with his fellow directors, Bogdanovich became dissatisfied with the arrangement. The Directors Company subsequently produced only two more pictures, Coppola's The Conversation (1974), which was nominated for Best Picture in 1974 alongside The Godfather, Part II (1974), and Bogdanovich's Daisy Miller, a film that had a lackluster critical reception. The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. For the 1974 film adaptation of this novella see Daisy Miller.

Commercial demise

An adaptation of the Henry James novella, Daisy Miller (1974) spelled the beginning of the end of Bogdanovich's career as a popular, critically acclaimed director. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James Daisy Miller is a 1974 American Drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The film, which starred Bogdanovich's lover Shepherd as the title character, was savaged by critics and was a flop at the box office. Bogdanovich's follow-up, an original screenplay (set to the music of Cole Porter), At Long Last Love (1975) starring Shepherd, was panned by critics as one of the worst films ever made and noted as such in Harry and Michael Medved's The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History (1980). Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. At Long Last Love is an American motion picture musical that was released in 1975 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich Michael Medved (born October 3 1948) is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, Film critic The film also was a box office bomb despite featuring Burt Reynolds, whose star would only rise during the 1970s. Burton Leon Reynolds Jr (born February 11 1936 is an American Actor.

Once again beholden to the past, Bogdanovich insisted on filming the musical numbers for At Long Last Love live, a process not used since the early days of the talkies. The decision was widely ridiculed as none of the leading actors were known for their singing abilities. (Bogdanovich himself had produced a critically panned album of Shepherd singing Porter songs in 1974. ) The public perception of Bogdanovich became that of an arrogant director hamstrung by his own hubris.

Bogdanovich turned back again to old triumphs and traditions with Nickelodeon (1976), a comedy recounting the earliest days of the motion picture industry and reuniting Paper Moon's Ryan and Tatum O'Neal with Reynolds. Nickelodeon is a 1976 Anglo-American Comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds Counseled not to use the critically unpopular Shepherd in the film, Bogdanovich instead used newcomer Jane Hitchcock as the film's ingénue. Unfortunately, the magic of Paper Moon could not be repeated and the film died at the box office.

The Dorothy Stratten affair

After a three-year hiatus, Bogdanovich returned with the critically and financially underwhelming Saint Jack (1979) for Hugh Hefner's Playboy Productions Inc. Saint Jack is a 1973 Novel by Paul Theroux and a 1979 film of the same name Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9 1926 is an American Magazine Publisher, and best known as the editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine Bogdanovich's long affair with Shepherd had ended in 1978, but the production deal making Hefner the film's producer was part of the settlement of a lawsuit Shepherd had filed against Hefner for publishing nude photos of her pirated from a print of The Last Picture Show in Playboy Magazine. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Bogdanovich then launched the film that would be his career Waterloo, They All Laughed, a low-budget ensemble comedy starring Audrey Hepburn and the 20 year-old Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten. For the 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin see They All Laughed (song They All Laughed is a 1981 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress For the word "playmate" in the common sense see its definition in Wiktionary. Dorothy Stratten (28 February 1960 – 14 August 1980 was a Canadian model and actress During the filming of the picture, Bogdanovich fell in love with Stratten, who was married to Paul Snider. Paul Leslie Snider ( April 15, 1951 – August 14, 1980) was the estranged husband of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, whom Stratten moved in with Bogdanovich, and when she told Snider she was leaving him, she was killed in a murder-suicide. A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as killing him or herself

They All Laughed could not attract a distributor due to the negative publicity surrounding the Stratten murder, despite its being one of the few films made by the legendary Audrey Hepburn after her provisional retirement in 1967. The heartbroken Bogdanovich bought the rights to the negative so that it would be seen by the public, but the film had a limited release to weak reviews and lost Bogdanovich millions, driving him into bankruptcy. Apart from the tragic circumstances of its making, though, the film has a small but devoted following. Director Quentin Tarantino listed it as one of the Ten Best Films of All Time in the 2002 Sight and Sound poll. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and

Later years

Bogdanovich turned back to writing as his directorial career sagged, beginning with memoir of his dead love, The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980) that was published in 1984. Teresa Carpenter's "Death of a Playmate" article about Stratten's murder had been published in The Village Voice, and had won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, While Bogdanovich never criticized Carpenter's article in his book, she had lambasted Bogdanovich and Hefner, claiming that Stratten was as much a victim of them as she was of Snider. In particular she criticized Bogdanovich for his "puerile preference for ingenues. " Carpenter's article served as the basis of Bob Fosse's film Star 80 (1983), in which Bogdanovich, for legal reasons, was portrayed as the fictional director "Aram Nicholas," a sympathetic but possibly misguided and naive character. Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse ( June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American Musical theater Choreographer and Star 80 is a 1983 film about the true story of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her estranged husband

On December 30, 1988 49 year old Bogdanovich married then 20 year old Louise Stratten, the younger sister of the murdered Playboy playmate/actress Dorothy Stratten whom he had been dating a few years after Dorothy Strattons's death. Louise Beatrice Stratten, also referred to as " LB" born on May 8 1968 in Vancouver British Columbia Canada is the younger sister of the murdered Playboy Dorothy Stratten (28 February 1960 – 14 August 1980 was a Canadian model and actress Louise had been 12 years old at the time of her sister Dorothy's death. Louise and Peter were divorced in 2001.

Though he achieved huge success with Mask in 1985, Bogdanovich's sequel to The Last Picture Show, Texasville (1990), was a critical and box office disappointment. This article is about the 1985 Peter Bogdanovich film For the 1994 comedy starring Jim Carrey see The Mask. Texasville is a 1990 American film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Both films occasioned major disputes between Bogdanovich, who still demanded a measure of control over his films, and the studios, which now exerted control over the finance and final cut of both films. Mask was released with a song score by Bob Seger against Bogdanovich's wishes (he favored Bruce Springsteen), and Bogdanovich has often complained that the version of Texasville that was released was not the film he had intended to release. A director's cut of Mask, slightly longer and with the songs of Springsteen, was belatedly released on DVD in 2006. A director's cut of Texasville was released on laserdisc, though it has never been released on DVD. The Laserdisc (LD is an obsolete Home video disc format and was the first commercial Optical disc storage medium Around the time of the release of Texasville, Bogdanovich also re-visited his earliest success, The Last Picture Show, and produced a slightly modified director's cut. Since that time, his re-cut has been the only available version of the film.

Bogdanovich directed two more theatrical films in 1992 and 1993, but their failure kept him off the big screen for several years. One, Noises Off..., has subsequently developed a strong cult following, while the other, The Thing Called Love, is better known as one of actor River Phoenix's last roles before an untimely drug-related death. Noises Off is a 1992 American Comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The Thing Called Love is a Peter Bogdanovich comedy-drama movie released in 1993. River Jude Phoenix ( August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American Film Actor.

In 1997, the director entered bankruptcy protection once more and briefly moved in with friends in New York City.

Bogdanovich, drawing from his encyclopedic knowledge of film history, authored several critically lauded texts including Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week, which offered the lifelong cinephile's erudite commentary on 52 of his favorite films; and Who The Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors and Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors, both based on interviews conducted in the past with many of the greatest directors and actors.

In 2001, Bogdanovich resurfaced with The Cat's Meow. The Cat's Meow is a Drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Returning once again to a reworking of the past, this time the supposed murder of director Thomas Ince by Welles' bête noire William Randolph Hearst, The Cat's Meow was a modest critical success but made little money at the box office. Thomas Harper Ince ( November 6, 1882 – November 19, 1924) was an American Silent film Actor, director For other people named William Randolph Hearst see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation William Randolph Hearst I (April 29 1863 &ndash Bogdanovich says he heard the story of the alleged Ince murder from director Orson Welles who in turn said he heard it from writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Herman Jacob Mankiewicz ( November 7, 1897 - March 5, 1953) was a Hollywood screenwriter noted for writing along with Orson In addition to helming some television movies, Bogdanovich has returned to acting, with a recurring guest role on the cable television series The Sopranos as Dr. Melfi's psychotherapist. The Sopranos is an American Television drama series created by David Chase. Dr Jennifer Melfi MD, played by Lorraine Bracco, is a Fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Bogdanovich directed a fifth season episode of the series. In an homage to his Sopranos character, he also voiced the analyst of Bart Simpson's therapist in an episode of The Simpsons. " Yokel Chords " is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 4,

Bogdanovich's personal reputation suffered from gossip about his 13-year marriage to Dorothy Stratten's younger sister, Louise Hoogstraten, who was 29 years his junior. The marriage ended in divorce in 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In 1998, the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress named The Last Picture Show to the National Film Registry, an honor awarded only to the most culturally significant films. The United States National Film Preservation Board is the board selecting Films for preservation in the Library of Congress ' National Film The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of

Bogdanovich hosted The Essentials on Turner Classic Movies but was replaced in May 2006 by TCM host Robert Osborne and film critic Molly Haskell. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Robert Jolin Osborne (born May 3, 1932 in Colfax Washington) is an American actor and film historian best known as the host of the Turner Classic Molly Haskell (born September 29, 1939 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a feminist Film critic and author Bogdanovich is also frequently featured in introductions to movies on the famed Criterion Collection DVDs. The Criterion Collection is a Privately held company that distributes "authoritative" consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films" He also had a supporting role as a fictional version of himself in the Showtime comedy series Out of Order. Out of Order is an American Television dramedy series created and written by Donna Powers and Wayne Powers He will next appear in The Dream Factory.

Bogdanovich is a vegetarian[2]. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea

In addition to his writing, directing and acting, Bogdanovich is in demand as a speaker for doing impeccable impressions of Hollywood legends whom he befriended over the years, among them Cary Grant, James Stewart, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Jerry Lewis. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick

In 2006, Bogdanovich joined forces with ClickStar, where he hosts a classic movie channel, Peter Bogdanovich's Golden Age of Movies. Bodganovich also writes a blog for the site.

In 2007, Bogdanovich was presented with the 2007 award for outstanding contribution to film preservation by The International Federation of Film Archives at the Toronto International Film Festival. The International Federation of Film Archives ( FIAF or Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film) was founded in Paris in 1938 by the The Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF) is a publicly-attended Film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada [3]

Filmography

Books

References

  1. ^ "What They Learned From Roger Corman", by Beverly Gray, Moviemaker Magazine, Spring 2001, retrieved April 29, 2006
  2. ^ Peter Bogdanovich - Biography
  3. ^ "TIFF '07 - Films & Schedules La Grand Illusion:", by Sylvia Frank, Toronto International Film Festival Guide, September 2007, retrieved September 09, 2007

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NAME Bogdanovich, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1939-7-30
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Kingston is a City in Ulster County, New York, United States.
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