Born in Kingston, New York, in 1939 and died in 2022, Peter Bogdanovich was a film critic and programmer before turning to directing under Roger Corman. His films The Last Picture Show (1971), What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973) made him one of the stars of New Hollywood, with a love of classic Hollywood forms. His later career had both setbacks and comebacks. He also wrote books and long interviews with John Ford, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock.
Filmography
- Targets (1968)
- The Last Picture Show (1971)
- What's Up, Doc? (1972)
- Paper Moon (1973)
- Mask (1985)