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Peter Bogdanovich

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Kingston, New York, USA
  • Birthday: July 30, 1939
  • 2007

    Appeared in Zoe Cassavetes' directorial debut, "Broken English"

  • 2006

    Cast in the Truman Capote biopic "Infamous"

  • 2003

    Had a supporting role as a fictional version of himself in the Showtime comedy series "Out of Order"

  • 2001

    Returned to directing features with "The Cat's Meow" (released theatrically in 2002)

  • 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

  • 1998

    Appeared as the leader of therapy group in "Mr. Jealousy"; co-starred and produced by Eric Stoltz

  • 1998

    Had a cameo appearance in the feature "54"

  • 1997

    Helmed another CBS movie, "The Price of Heaven"

  • 1996

    Directed a television sequel to 1967 feature film "To Sir With Love" (CBS) with Sidney Poitier reprising his role

  • 1995

    Helmed segments of the Showtime anthology series' "Picture Windows" and "Fallen Angels"

  • 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

  • 1992

    Translated the door-slamming British sex farce from the stage to the screen as director of "Noises Off"

  • 1990

    Returned to "Last Picture Show" territory with the sequel "Texasville" (produced, directed and scripted); was a critical and box office failure

  • 1986

    Founded Crescent Moon Productions, Inc.

  • 1985

    Directed the well received drama "Mask" co-starring Cher and Eric Stoltz

  • 1984

    Published the memoir, The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten

  • 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

  • 1979

    Made a movie version of Paul Theroux's novel "Saint Jack"

  • 1976

    Wrote and directed the heartfelt valentine to early days of moviemaking, "Nickelodeon"; third film with Ryan O'Neal; second with Tatum O'Neal

  • 1974

    Provided companion Cybil Shepard with a starring vehicle, "Daisy Miller"; film received lackluster critical reception

  • 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

  • 1972

    Produced and directed "What's Up, Doc?" co-starring Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand

  • 1971

    Release of first documentary, "Directed by John Ford" (commissioned by the American Film Institute)

  • 1971

    Won acclaim for directing "The Last Picture Show"; received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with Larry McMurtry)

  • 1968

    Feature directing and producing debut, "Targets," starring Boris Karloff and executive produced by Corman (also wrote and acted)

  • 1966

    First feature film credit (as additional sequence director and narrator), "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" (credited as Derek Thomas)

  • 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

  • 1964

    Moved to California

  • 1961 to 1963

    Wrote monographs for the Museum of Modern Art Film Library on Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks

  • 1959

    Directed and co-produced the Off-Broadway staging of "The Big Knife"

  • 1958

    Acted with New York Shakespeare Festival

  • 1958

    Began writing film criticism for publications including The New York Times , Esquire and Film Culture

  • 1956

    Performed with American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut

  • Formed the Directors Company with Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin

  • Weekly film commentator for the CBS News program, "CBS This Morning"

  • Worked as a film programmer for the New Yorker Theater in Manhattan

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