Peter Bogdanovich
Milestones
- Birthplace: Kingston, New York, USA
- Birthday: July 30, 1939
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2007
Appeared in Zoe Cassavetes' directorial debut, "Broken English"
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2006
Cast in the Truman Capote biopic "Infamous"
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2003
Had a supporting role as a fictional version of himself in the Showtime comedy series "Out of Order"
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2001
Returned to directing features with "The Cat's Meow" (released theatrically in 2002)
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2000 to 2007
Returned to acting, playing the recurring role of Dr. Melfi's (Lorraine Bracco) psychotherapist in the HBO series "The Sopranos"; also directed a fifth season episode of the series
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1998
Appeared as the leader of therapy group in "Mr. Jealousy"; co-starred and produced by Eric Stoltz
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1998
Had a cameo appearance in the feature "54"
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1997
Helmed another CBS movie, "The Price of Heaven"
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1996
Directed a television sequel to 1967 feature film "To Sir With Love" (CBS) with Sidney Poitier reprising his role
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1995
Helmed segments of the Showtime anthology series' "Picture Windows" and "Fallen Angels"
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1993
Directed "The Thing Called Love," about a country singer-songwriter who wants to make it big in Nashville; one of River Phoenix's last roles
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1992
Translated the door-slamming British sex farce from the stage to the screen as director of "Noises Off"
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1990
Returned to "Last Picture Show" territory with the sequel "Texasville" (produced, directed and scripted); was a critical and box office failure
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1986
Founded Crescent Moon Productions, Inc.
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1985
Directed the well received drama "Mask" co-starring Cher and Eric Stoltz
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1984
Published the memoir, The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten
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1981
Released "They All Laughed"after Dorothy Stratten's murder; wrote screenplay and contributed music, in addition to directing; distributed film himself after failing to find a distributor due to the negative publicity surrounding the Stratten murder
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1979
Made a movie version of Paul Theroux's novel "Saint Jack"
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1976
Wrote and directed the heartfelt valentine to early days of moviemaking, "Nickelodeon"; third film with Ryan O'Neal; second with Tatum O'Neal
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1974
Provided companion Cybil Shepard with a starring vehicle, "Daisy Miller"; film received lackluster critical reception
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1973
Again collaborated with O'Neal for "Paper Moon" (produced and directed); also co-starred a 10-year-old Tatum O'Neal who picked up a Supporting Actress Oscar; was the Directors Company's first offering
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1972
Produced and directed "What's Up, Doc?" co-starring Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand
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1971
Release of first documentary, "Directed by John Ford" (commissioned by the American Film Institute)
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1971
Won acclaim for directing "The Last Picture Show"; received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with Larry McMurtry)
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1968
Feature directing and producing debut, "Targets," starring Boris Karloff and executive produced by Corman (also wrote and acted)
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1966
First feature film credit (as additional sequence director and narrator), "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" (credited as Derek Thomas)
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1966
Hired as second unit director by Roger Corman for "Wild Angels"; claims to have done rewrites (uncredited), location scouting and editing; was hired after Corman read some of his film criticism
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1964
Moved to California
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1961 to 1963
Wrote monographs for the Museum of Modern Art Film Library on Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks
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1959
Directed and co-produced the Off-Broadway staging of "The Big Knife"
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1958
Acted with New York Shakespeare Festival
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1958
Began writing film criticism for publications including The New York Times , Esquire and Film Culture
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1956
Performed with American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut
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Formed the Directors Company with Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin
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Weekly film commentator for the CBS News program, "CBS This Morning"
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Worked as a film programmer for the New Yorker Theater in Manhattan