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PETAR BOGDANOVIĆ
American film director, screenwriter, producer, film critic, actor.
He was born July 30, 1939 in Kingston (NY, USA), his father, Serbian Borislav Bogdanovic, was a postimpressionist painter.
At the age of 15 he began studying at Stella Adler's theater studio, participated in student productions, acted in "extras" in various films, wrote critical articles and reviews of the work of major film directors.
In 1959 he staged his first theatrical production on Off-Broadway. Around the same time, having met director and producer Roger Corman, assisted the maestro on the tape "Wild Angels".
Prior to his directorial debut, Peter Bogdanovich was primarily a film critic. His articles in Film Calcher and Esquire brought him fame in the film world.
He made his directorial debut in 1968 with Targets. A true film triumph for Bogdanovich was the nostalgia-infused retro drama The Last Cinema Session (1971).
The director's subsequent films, despite a good many favorable reviews in the press, were not a commercial success, and producers were very cautious about investing money in his productions. In 1980, during the filming of "All They Laughed" was shot at point-blank range Dorotti Stratten, a twenty-year fashion model and aspiring actress. Bogdanovich could not come to his senses for a long time, only four years later the world screens his melodrama "Mask" (1984).
In the 90s he worked mainly on television, then returned to the cinema.
In 2002, "Death in Hollywood" was released, which was favorably received by critics, but it was not a major commercial success, and the director went back to television projects. In 2004, he shot a mini-series "The Enigma of Natalie Wood" about the life and mysterious death of the daughter of Russian immigrants Natasha Zakharenko, who became a star in Hollywood under the name Natalie Wood.
Peter Bogdanovich is the author of several books about film, including such bestsellers as Who The Devil Made It (1997), which includes sixteen interviews with legendary directors and Who The Hell's In It, dedicated to twenty-five movie stars.
He passed away on January 6, 2022, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Oscar nomination:
1971 - Best Director ("The Last Picture Show")
1971 - Best adaptation ("The Last Motion Picture Show").
Nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award (1971):
Best Director ("The Last Motion Picture Show")
