American film director, writer, producer, and actor. Born July 30, Kingston, N.Y.; s. of Borislav and Herma (Robinson) Bogdanovich; m. Polly Platt 1962 (div. 1970), two d.: Antonia, Alexandra; m. Louise Stratten 1988 (div. 2005). Member: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Theatre: Actor, director, Cherry County Playhouse, Traverse City, Michigan, 1955; actor, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Conn. 1956; actor N.Y. Shakespeare Festival 1957; actor Falmouth Playhouse, Falmouth, Mass., 1958; Dir., producer off-Broadway prods.: Odets’ The Big Knife, 1959; Williams’ Camino Real, Christie’s Ten Little Indians, Odets’ Rocket to the Moon, 196l; Kaufman & Hart’s Once in a Lifetime, 1964. Films and TV: The Wild Angels (2nd unit dir., co-writer, actor) 1966, Amer. Intl.; The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (co-dir., writer, interviewer), 1967, BBC; Lions Love (actor) 1967; Targets (dir., co-writer, prod., actor) 1968, Saticoy-Para.; The Last Picture Show (dir., co-writer) 197l, BBS-Col.; Directed by John Ford (dir., writer, interviewer) 197l, Calif. Arts Comm.-AFI; What’s Up, Doc? (dir., prod., co-writer) 1972, Saticoy-WB; Paper Moon (dir., prod.) 1973, Directors Co.-Copa-Para.; Daisy Miller (dir., prod., co-writer) 1974, Directors Co.-Copa-Para.; At Long Last Love (dir., prod., writer) 1975, Copa-20th; The Other Side of the Wind (actor) 1975; Nickelodeon (dir., co-writer) 1976, Copa-British Lion-Col.; Opening Night (actor) 1977; Saint Jack (dir., co-writer, actor) 1979, Copa-New World; They All Laughed (dir., co-prod., writer) 198l, Moon Pic-Time-Life-WB; Mask (dir.) 1985, Univ.; CBS This Morning (weekly network commentary) 1987-89; Illegally Yours (dir., prod.) 1988, DeLaurentiis-MGM; Texasville (dir., prod., writer) 1990, Nelson-Col.; Noises Off (dir., exec. prod.) 1992, Amblin-Disney; The Thing Called Love (dir.) 1993, Para.; Northern Exposure “Rosebud” episode (actor) 11/8/93, CBS; Fallen Angels “A Dime A Dance” episode (dir.) 6/95, Pollock-Showtime; Picture Windows, “Song of Songs” episode (dir.) 6/95, Jewison-Showtime; Prowler (dir. pilot) 1995, CBS; The Price of Heaven (dir.) 1996, Konigsberg-CBS; To Sir With Love II (dir.) 1996, TriStar-CBS; Rescuers: Two Women (dir.) 1997, Barwood-Para-Showtime; Mr. Jealousy (actor) 1998; Naked City: A Killer Christmas (dir.) 1998, Para.-Showtime; Bella Mafia (actor) 1998, CBS; A Saintly Switch (dir.) 1999, Disney-ABC; Coming Soon (actor) 1999; Orson Welles: The One Man Band (U.S. version; Prod, Narr)1999, Showtime; The Sopranos (actor, dir.) 2000-, HBO; The Cat’s Meow (dir.) 2002, Lions Gate; Out of Order (actor) 2003, Showtime; Mystery of Natalie Wood (dir.), 2004, Sertner-von Zerneck-ABC; Hustle (dir.), 2004, Orly Adelson-ESPN . Records: Cybill Does It to Cole Porter (prod) 1974, Para.; This is Orson Welles (with Orson Welles; 4-cassette) 1992, Caedmon. Publications (Books, Monographs, Magazines, Newspapers): Film feature-writer for New York Times, Esquire, Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Vogue, Variety, Details, Elle, Saturday Evening Post, Cahiers du Cinema, etc., 196l- ; “Movie of the Week” column for The New York Observer, 1997- . The Cinema of Orson Welles, 196l, Doubleday-MoMA; The Cinema of Howard Hawks, 1962, Doubleday-MoMA; The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, 1963, Doubleday-MoMA; John Ford, 1968, Univ. of Calif. Press; Fritz Lang in America, 1969, Studio Vista-Praeger; Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer, 1970, Studio Vista-Praeger; Pieces of Time: Peter Bogdanovich on the Movies (Picture Shows in U.K.) 1973, enlarged 1985, Arbor House; The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), 1984, Morrow; A Year And A Day (or The White Goddess) Engagement Calendar (ed. from Robt. Graves, w/intro.) annually, 1991-98, Overlook Press; This is Orson Welles (w/Orson Welles), 1992, HarperCollins (enlarged 1998, DaCapo); A Moment With Miss Gish, 1995, Santa Teresa Press; Who The Devil Made It, 1997, Knopf; The Best American Movie Writing 1999 (ed.) 1999, St. Martins; Movie of the Week, 1999, Ballantine; Who the Hell’s In It, 2004, Knopf. Awards: N.Y. Film Critics’ Award for Best Screenplay, British Academy Award for Best Screenplay, 8 Academy Award nominations—2 supporting Oscars (The Last Picture Show) 197l; Writer’s Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay (What’s Up, Doc?) 1972; Silver Shell, Mar del Plata, Spain, and Hamburg Newspapers Award, Germany, 3 Academy Award nominations—1 supporting Oscar (Paper Moon) 1973; Best Director, Brussels Festival (Daisy Miller) 1974; Pasinetti Award, Critics Prize, Venice Festival (Saint Jack) 1979; 1 Academy Award nomination—1 Oscar win (Mask) 1985; Los Angeles Film Critics Assoc. Awards, Special Citation (Who the Devil Made It) 1997; Italian Film Critics Assoc., Barbari Award (Who the Devil Made It) 1999. Honorary Doctorates: Emerson College 1998; Fairleigh-Dickerson University 1999. Address: (Business) Advisor Services Inc., c/o William Peiffer, 3741 Walnut St., Suite 453, Phila., PA 19104; (office) attention: Iris Chester, 6 Callisto Rd., Bluffton, SC 29909.