But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.

Bogdanovich also brought attention to such forgotten pioneers of American cinema as Allan Dwan. In an homage to his Sopranos character he also voiced the analyst of Bart Simpson's therapist in an episode of The Simpsons and appeared as himself in the "Robots Versus Wrestlers" episode of How I Met Your Mother along with Arianna Huffington and Will Shortz.

His most critically acclaimed film is The Last Picture Show (1971). He was part of the wave of "New Hollywood" directors which included William Friedkin Brian De Palma George Lucas Martin Scorsese Michael Cimino and Francis Ford Coppola. Peter Bogdanovich (Serbian: Петар Богдановић Petar Bogdanović born July 30 1939) is an American film historian director writer actor producer and critic.