Targets got Bogdanovich noticed around Hollywood, and his next film was his true breakthrough: The Last Picture Show, based on the novel by Larry McMurty.
Peter Bogdanovich passed away “shortly after midnight Thursday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles,” according to his daughter Antonia Bogdanovich (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Before he broke through in Hollywood, Bogdanovich first worked as a film critic.
Through his work as a critic, Bogdanovich also met exploitation producer Roger Corman, and he gave him his first directing jobs.