According to his daughter Antonia Bogdanovich, the filmmaker died on Thursday morning (local time) at his home in Los Angeles, as reported by the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter. Bogdanovich was 82 years old.
Colleagues reacted in dismay to the news of his death. “He was a close friend and a master of cinema,” wrote director Guillermo del Toro on Twitter. He created “masterpieces”. “I’m devastated. He was a wonderful and great artist,” said Francis Ford Coppola in a message according to “Deadline.com” the filmmaker.
Bogdanovich has recently directed feature films only rarely. In 2001 he brought Kirsten Dunst in front of the camera for “The Cat’s Meow”. In the comedy “She ?? s Funny That Way” he let Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Rhys Ifans and Imogen Poots stumble through all sorts of amorous entanglements. He presented the film in Venice in 2014.
Not an Oscar, but a Grammy
Bogdanovich did not receive an Oscar in his long career, but he is the holder of a Grammy trophy. The director earned it with his music documentary “Runnin ?? Down a Dream” regarding Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
