Following "The Last Picture Show" success, he directed screwball comedy "What's Up, Doc?" (1972), which was a major box office success and is considered one of the best comedy films of all time and another critical and commercial success "Paper Moon" (1973), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Director nomination. His following three films have been all critical and commercial failures; including "Daisy Miller" (1974). He took a three-year hiatus before making a comeback with cult films "Saint Jack" (1979) and "They All Laughed" (1981). After his girlfriend Dorothy Stratten's murder, he took another four-year hiatus from filmmaking and wrote a memoir on her death titled "The Killing of the Unicorn" before making a comeback with "Mask" (1985), a critical and commercial success. He later went on to direct films such as "Noises Off" (1992), "The Thing Called Love" (1993), "The Cat's Meow" (2001) and "She's Funny That Way" (2014). As an actor, he is known for his roles in HBO series "The Sopranos" and Orson Welles's last movie "The Other Side of the Wind" (2018), which he also helped to finish. He also received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing Tom Petty documentary "Runnin' Down a Dream" (2007).