THE story of what is often called New Hollywood, the era of the easy riders, raging bulls, to borrow the title of Peter Biskind's 1998 best seller, has been told numerous times. It goes something like this: By the early 1960s the old studio system was in shambles, run by old men who, out of touch with the times-they-are-a-changin', were churning...

NICKELODEON The words ''director's cut'' on the cover of a DVD usually mean a few more minutes of gags too coarse to make the R-rated version shown in theaters. For the DVD release of his 1976 ''Nickelodeon,''Peter Bogdanovich has done something different. The director's cut is indeed a few minutes longer than the theatrical version (both are...

In the second half of ''Runnin' Down a Dream,'' a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers by the director Peter Bogdanovich, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sits in on a duet of ''The Waiting.'' Standing before a tumultuous crowd roaring its approval, Mr. Petty turns to Mr. Vedder and suggests that he enjoy the moment. ''Look at that, Eddie --...
Peter Bogdanovich (født 30. juli 1939) er en amerikansk filminstruktør, en af det nye Hollywood af 60erne og 70erne.
Søn af immigranter der flygtede fra Nazi-Europa, var Bodganovich først en skuespiller og skrev om film. Han begyndte at lave film under indflydelsen af den franske nye bølge. Roger Corman gav Bogdanovich hans første job.
I 2004 instruere han en episode af Sopranos.