Peter Bogdanovich, iconic director of 'Last Picture Show' dies at 82
Like his peers of the French New Wave, Bogdanovich parlayed a career in film criticism and scholarship into directing.
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Like his peers of the French New Wave, Bogdanovich parlayed a career in film criticism and scholarship into directing.
Peter Bogdanovich — whose “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon” solidified his reputation as one of the most important filmmakers in the New Hollywood of the ’70s, but whose personal life threatened to overshadow his career behind the camera — has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82. The director also had acting roles on such shows as “The Sopranos,” on which he recurred as Dr. Melfi’s psychotherapist; “The Simpsons”; and as a DJ in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2.” Wildly p