US director Peter Bogdanovich, who became known for films like "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon", is dead. According to his daughter Antonia Bogdanovich, the filmmaker died on Thursday morning (local time) in his home in Los Angeles, like the The New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter reported.
His team of speakers informed the German Press Agency about the director's death.
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 am devastated.
He was a wonderful and great artist, "said Francis Ford Coppola in a message on the website Deadline.com, praising the filmmaker.
In 1971 Bogdanovich brought a portrait of the American provinces to the screen in the 1950s with “The Last Picture Show”.
The film with leading actress Cybill Shepherd made him famous in Hollywood.
With the comedy "What's Up Doc", with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, and the melancholy road movie "Paper Moon" with the young Tatum O'Neal, further successes followed.