# Peter Bogdanovich filmography

Peter Bogdanovich (1939–2022) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film historian whose career spanned over fifty years.
Bogdanovich's directorial work includes The Last Picture Show (1971), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Paper Moon (1973), Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Texasville (1990), Noises Off (1992), The Thing Called Love (1993), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). He also directed numerous films and specials for television, as well as the documentary Directed by John Ford (1971) and the Tom Petty musical documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).
As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Elliot Kupferberg in the series The Sopranos. Additionally, Bogdanovich has amassed a number of unproduced screenplays and projects over the years that were never made. Most of these are now housed in his archive in the Lilly Library at Indiana University Bloomington. As a film historian, Bogdanovich has provided scholarly commentaries and interviews for various classic films, occasionally accompanied by archival material such as audio recordings of himself and the directors when they were still alive.

## Filmography
### Filmmaking credits

Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| 1968 | Targets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Story co-written with Polly Platt Also uncredited editor |
| 1971 | The Last Picture Show | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Larry McMurtry |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Yes | Yes | No | Documentary film |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Yes | Story | Yes | |
| 1973 | Paper Moon | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1974 | Daisy Miller | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1975 | At Long Last Love | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with W. D. Richter |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Howard Sackler and Paul Theroux |
| 1981 | They All Laughed | Yes | Yes | No | Additional dialogue by Blaine Novak |
| 1985 | Mask | Yes | No | No | |
| 1988 | Illegally Yours | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1990 | Texasville | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 1992 | Noises Off | Yes | No | Executive | |
| 1993 | The Thing Called Love | Yes | No | No | |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow | Yes | No | No | |
| 2007 | Runnin' Down a Dream | Yes | No | No | Documentary film |
| 2014 | She's Funny That Way | Yes | Yes | No | Original title: Squirrels to the Nuts Co-written with Louise Stratten |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary film |
| TBA | Our Love Is Here to Stay | No | Yes | No | Posthumous release Co-written with Sam Kashner |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Episode: "Song of Songs" (S1 E2) |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Episode: "A Dime a Dance" (S2 E3) |
| 1995 | Prowler | Unaired pilot |
| 1996 | To Sir, with Love II | Television films |
| 1997 | The Price of Heaven | Television films |
| 1997 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women | Television films |
| 1998 | Naked City: A Killer Christmas | Television films |
| 1999 | A Saintly Switch | Television films |
| 2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Television films |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | Episode: "Sentimental Education" (S5 E6) |
| 2004 | Hustle | Television film |

### Acting credits

Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | Targets | Sammy Michaels | |
| 1968 | Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women | Narrator | Voice |
| 1971 | The Last Picture Show | Disc Jockey | Voice cameo |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Himself | Cameo |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Eddie Schuman | |
| 1981 | They All Laughed | Disk Jockey | Voice cameo |
| 1997 | Highball | Frank | |
| 1997 | Mr. Jealousy | Howard Poke | |
| 1998 | 54 | Elaine's Patron | Cameo |
| 1998 | Lick the Star | The Principal | Short films |
| 1999 | Claire Makes It Big | Arturo Mulligan | Short films |
| 1999 | Coming Soon | Bartholomew | |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes | Milo | |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Disc Jockey | Voice cameo |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Disc Jockey | Voice cameo |
| 2004 | The Definition of Insanity | Himself | Cameo |
| 2006 | Infamous | Bennett Cerf | |
| 2007 | Dedication | Roger Spade | Cameo |
| 2007 | The Dukes | Lou | |
| 2007 | The Fifth Patient | Edward Birani | |
| 2007 | Broken English | Iriving Mann | |
| 2007 | The Doorman | Peter | |
| 2008 | Humboldt County | Professor Hadley | |
| 2010 | Abandoned | Markus Bensley | |
| 2010 | Queen of the Lot | Pedja Sapir | |
| 2013 | Don't Let Me Go | Man | |
| 2013 | Cold Turkey | Poppy | |
| 2013 | Are You Here | Judge Harlan Plath | |
| 2014 | While We're Young | Speaker | Cameo |
| 2014 | The Tell-Tale Heart | The Old Man | |
| 2015 | Pearly Gates | Marty | |
| 2016 | Durant's Never Closes | George | |
| 2016 | Between Us | George | |
| 2016 | Six LA Love Stories | Duane Crawford | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Overnight | Vedor Ph.D. | |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Brooks Otterlake | Shot between 1970 and 1976 |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Narrator | Documentary film |
| 2018 | Reborn | Himself | Cameo |
| 2019 | The Creatress | Theo Mencken | |
| 2019 | It Chapter Two | Peter – Director | Cameo |
| 2020 | Nightwalkers | Unnamed | Short film |
| 2023 | Willie and Me | Charley | Posthumous release |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Himself | Episode: "The Straight Poop" (S3 E9) |
| 1993 | Northern Exposure | Himself | Episode: "Rosebud" (S5 E7) |
| 1995 | Cybill | Himself | Episode: "See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump!" (S1 E7) |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Lucca | Episode: "Song of Songs" (E2) |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Vito Giancamo | Television films |
| 2000 | Rated X | Film Professor | Television films |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Toodle-Fucking-Oo" (S2 E3) |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Big Girls Don't Cry" (S2 E5) |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "From Where to Eternity" (S2 E9) |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "House Arrest" (S2 E11) |
| 2001 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Employee of the Month" (S3 E4) |
| 2001 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "He Is Risen" (S3 E8) |
| 2002 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "The Weight" (S4 E4) |
| 2002 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Calling All Cars" (S4 E11) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "Pilot: Part One" (E1) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "Pilot: Part Two" (E2) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "The Art of Loss" (E3) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "Losing My Religion" (E4) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "Follow the Rat" (E5) |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Zach | Episode: "Put Me In Order" (E6) |
| 2004 | 8 Simple Rules | Dr. Lohr | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" (S2 E16) |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Two Tonys" (S5 E1) |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "All Happy Families..." (S5 E4) |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | George Merritt | Episode: "Sex Club" (S4 E14) |
| 2006 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Johnny Cakes" (S6 E8) |
| 2007 | The Simpsons | Psychologist | Episode: "Yokel Chords" (S18 E14) |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "Stage 5" (S6 E14) |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | George Merritt | Episode: "Bombshell" (S6 E20) |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "The Second Coming" (S6 E19) |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | Elliot Kupferberg | Episode: "The Blue Comet" (S6 E20) |
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Himself | Episode: "Robots Versus Wrestlers" (S5 E22) |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Arnold Whistler | Episode: "Burning Down the House" (S2 E15) |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | Himself | Episode: "Goliath and David" (S5 E11) |
| 2016 | Documentary Now! | Himself | Episode: "Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 1" (S2 E6) |
| 2017 | Get Shorty | Giustino Moreweather | Episode: "Turnaround" (S1 E9) |
| 2018 | Get Shorty | Giustino Moreweather | Episode: "Selenite" (S2 E3) |
| 2019 | Get Shorty | Giustino Moreweather | Episode: "What To Do When You Land" (S3 E1) |
| 2019 | Get Shorty | Giustino Moreweather | Episode: "Strong Move" (S3 E3) |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
| 2012 | "Constant Conversations" | Passion Pit | |

### Additional credits

| Year | Title | Credit |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Assistant to the director and uncredited rewrite of the script |
| 1968 | Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women | Directed additional scenes Under the pseudonym "Derek Thomas" |
| 1984 | The City Girl | Executive producer |
| 2014 | Phantom Halo | Executive producer |
| 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Himself |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Executive producer |

## Unrealized projects

| Year | Title and description |
| 1960s | The Land of Opportunity, a film about a young New York couple who get everything for free |
| 1960s | A film adaptation of William Keepers Maxwell Jr.'s novel The Folded Leaf |
| 1960s | Marco and His Brothers, a film co-written with Polly Platt starring Sal Mineo |
| 1960s | The Criminals, a World War II film co-written with Polly Platt |
| 1960s | Duck, You Sucker! |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of John H. Reese's novel The Looters co-written with Polly Platt |
| 1970s | The Getaway starring Cybill Shepherd |
| 1970s | The Long Goodbye starring Robert Mitchum or Lee Marvin |
| 1970s | The Streets of Laredo, a Western written by Larry McMurtry, who later turned it into a novel, starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Ryan O'Neal, Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson and The Clancy Brothers |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of John Galsworthy's short story "The Apple Tree" written by Gavin Lambert |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Calder Willingham's novel Rambling Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, which he planned to make for The Directors Company |
| 1970s | The Texas Girl, a road movie inspired by Lolita starring Cybill Shepherd and Marcello Mastroianni |
| 1970s | Bugsy, a biopic written by Howard Sackler about the life of mobster Bugsy Siegel starring Sal Mineo |
| 1970s | A film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's short story "The Girl with the Silver Eyes" |
| 1970s | King of the Gypsies |
| 1970s | Silver Streak |
| 1970s | Dancing, a film written by John Cassavetes starring Cassavetes alongside Peter Falk, Cybill Shepard and Raquel Welch |
| 1980s | The Return of the Count, a love story starring John Cassavetes and Dorothy Stratten |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Norman Mailer's novel The Executioner's Song |
| 1980s | Twelve's a Crowd, a film starring Keith Carradine and Colleen Camp to be shot in Hollywood |
| 1980s | I'll Remember April, a drama about a woman with Alzheimer's disease starring Colleen Camp, John Cassavetes and Charles Aznavour to be shot in Paris |
| 1980s | A remake of the 1945 film noir Detour |
| 1980s | Brewster's Millions starring John Ritter as Montgomery Brewster |
| 1980s | The Lady in the Moon, a film in which Larry McMurtry was to share producer, writer and director credit |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Noël Coward's three-act play Private Lives starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton |
| 1980s | Honkytonk Sue, a film based on the National Lampoon character written by Larry McMurtry starring Goldie Hawn |
| 1980s | Wild About Harry, a screenplay from a story co-written by Bogdanovich with Colleen Camp to be directed by Martha Coolidge |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of David Scott Milton's novel Paradise Road starring Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Charles Aznavour, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Sophia Loren and John Ritter |
| 1980s | Along the Way, a film adaptation of Michael Brady's two-act play To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday starring Molly Ringwald |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Eduardo De Filippo's three-act play Saturday, Sunday, Monday starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni |
| 1980s | The Intimate Writings of Theodor Hammer, a film set in Arizona written by Judith Fein |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Robert Graves' novel The Golden Fleece |
| 1980s | Seven Days to the North Wind, a film adaptation of Robert Graves' novel Seven Days in New Crete |
| 1980s | A film adaptation of Robert Graves' novel Wife to Mr. Milton |
| 1990s | Another You |
| 1990s | A segment of a six-hour documentary film titled Momentous Events: Russia in the '90s |
| 1990s | The Dreamers, an unmade Orson Welles film that Bogdanovich agreed to finish |
| 1990s | Curtain Call |
| 1990s | Face Facts, a comedy written by Lynn Adams starring Stanley Tucci, Phoebe Cates, Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams |
| 1990s | Wait for Me, a ghost comedy starring Michael Caine, Gena Rowlands, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Cybill Shepherd, Jerry Lewis and Quentin Tarantino |
| 2000s | A film adaptation of Sam Kashner's novel Sinatraland written by Christopher Trumbo starring Robert Downey Jr. |
| 2000s | Blues of the Night, a film written by Evelyn Keyes about her teenage years in Hollywood |
| 2000s | The Broken Code, a biopic about research scientist Rosalind Franklin written by David Baxter adapted from Anne Sayre's biography |
| 2000s | One Lucky Moon, a comedy drama co-written with Nora Jobling starring Cybill Shepherd, Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds, Eva Hassmann and Tom Petty |
| 2010s | A film adaptation of Kurt Andersen's novel Turn of the Century co-written with Parish Rahbar |
| 2010s | A film adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel Duane's Depressed starring Jeff Bridges |
| 2010s | John Ledger, a drama written by Joey Camen starring Tom Sizemore as a car salesman who battles his addiction with sex |
| 2010s | A TV miniseries adaptation of Edward Ball's novel The Inventor and the Tycoon |
| 2010s | Untitled action thriller film |
| 2020s | A limited series based on his novel The Killing of the Unicorn |
| 2020s | Saint Jack in the Philippines, a limited series based on his film Saint Jack |
| 2020s | Our Love Is Here to Stay, a biopic co-written with Sam Kashner about George and Ira Gershwin |
Bogdanovich turned down the opportunity to direct Catch-22, A Glimpse of Tiger, The Godfather, a sequel to What's Up, Doc?, The Exorcist, The Way We Were, Chinatown, a sequel to Paper Moon titled Harvest Moon, Rooster Cogburn, Heaven Can Wait, Hurricane, Popeye, as well as the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, which had been adapted from the novel from which The Streets of Laredo was based on. He also turned down the role played by Dabney Coleman in Tootsie, and parts in The Electric Horseman and The Big Red One.

## Stage productions

| Year | Title | Author(s) | Venue | City | Notes |
| 1959 | The Big Knife | Clifford Odets | Off-Broadway | New York City | |
| 1960 | The Big Knife | Clifford Odets | Off-Broadway | New York City | |
| 1961 | Camino Reel | Tennessee Williams | Phoenicia Playhouse Community Theatre | Phoenicia | |
| 1961 | Ten Little Indians | Agatha Christie | Phoenicia Playhouse Community Theatre | Phoenicia | |
| 1961 | Rocket to the Moon | Clifford Odets | Phoenicia Playhouse Community Theatre | Phoenicia | |
| 1964 | Once in a Lifetime | Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman | Off-Broadway | New York City | |
| 2004 | Sacred Monsters | Himself | Sheridan Opera House | Telluride | One-man stage show |
| 2005 | Sacred Monsters | Himself | Sheridan Opera House | Telluride | One-man stage show |
| 2006 | Sacred Monsters | Himself | Linwood Dunn Theatre | Los Angeles | One-man stage show |

## Audio commentaries, intros, etc.

| Title | Credit | Found on |
| Targets | Commentary & video introduction | Paramount Widescreen Collection |
| The Last Picture Show | 1991 commentary with actors Cybill Shepherd, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman and Frank Marshall | Criterion laserdisc |
| The Last Picture Show | 2009 solo commentary | Sony Pictures |
| What's Up, Doc? | Commentary | Warner Home Video |
| Paper Moon | Commentary | Warner Home Video |
| Daisy Miller | Commentary & video introduction | Paramount Widescreen Collection |
| Nickelodeon | Commentary | Sony Pictures |
| Saint Jack | Commentary | |
| They All Laughed | Commentary & 2006 interview with filmmaker Wes Anderson | HBO Video |
| Mask | Commentary & 2004 conversation | Universal |
| The Thing Called Love | Commentary | Paramount Widescreen Collection |
| The Cat's Meow | Commentary | Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| "Sentimental Education" | Commentary | HBO Video |
| She's Funny That Way | Commentary with co-writer/producer Louise Stratten | Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| A Safe Place | 1971 archival video interview | Criterion |
| Bringing Up Baby | Commentary | Warner Home Video |
| Citizen Kane | Commentary | Warner Home Video |
| Clash by Night | Commentary with audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang | Warner Home Video |
| El Dorado | Commentary | Paramount Centennial Collection |
| F for Fake | Video introduction | Criterion |
| Five Easy Pieces | 2009 interviews from the documentary BBStory | Criterion |
| Frances Ha | 2013 conversation with filmmaker Noah Baumbach | Criterion |
| French Cancan | Video introduction | Criterion |
| Fury | Commentary with audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang | Warner Home Video |
| La Bête Humaine | 2004 interview | Criterion |
| The Lady Eve | 2001 video introduction & 2020 conversation with director Preston Sturges's biographer and son Tom Sturges and other participants | Criterion |
| The Lady from Shanghai | Commentary | Columbia Classics |
| Land of the Pharaohs | Commentary with audio interview excerpts of director Howard Hawks | Warner Home Video |
| The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | Audio interview excerpts with director Alfred Hitchcock from 1963 and 1972 | Criterion |
| M | Commentary with audio interview excerpts of director Fritz Lang & 1965 archival audio interview with Lang | Eureka Video |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | 1978 archival interview with director Orson Welles | Criterion |
| Make Way for Tomorrow | 2009 interview | Criterion |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Commentary with audio interview excerpts of director John Ford and co-star James Stewart | Paramount Centennial Collection |
| Notorious | 2009 interviews from the documentary Once Upon a Time... Notorious | Criterion |
| Only Angels Have Wings | 1972 archival audio excerpts with director Howard Hawks | Criterion |
| Othello | 1995 audio commentary with Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel | Criterion laserdisc |
| Red River | 2014 interview & 1972 archival audio excerpts with director Howard Hawks | Criterion |
| The Rules of the Game | Reading commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske | Criterion |
| The Searchers | Commentary | Warner Home Video |
| "The Sopranos" | Commentary with Sopranos creator David Chase | HBO Video |
| Stagecoach | Video appreciation | Criterion |
| Strangers on a Train | Commentary with Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano and other participants | Warner Home Video |
| The Third Man | Video introduction | Criterion |
| To Catch a Thief | Commentary with film historian Laurent Bouzereau | Paramount Collectors Edition |
| Trouble in Paradise | Video introduction | Criterion |