About

Known credits:
59
Birthday:
1920-11-26
Place of birth:
Glace Bay, Canada
Website:
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Daniel Petrie

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Mannix Petrie  (November 26, 1920 - August 22, 2004) was a Canadian television and movie director.

Petrie was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Mary Anne (née Campbell) and William Mark Petrie, a soft-drink manufacturer.  He moved to the United States in 1945.  One of his most famous credits was 1961's A Raisin in the Sun, which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival. He also directed Buster and Billie (1974), the Academy Award-nominated Resurrection (1980), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). He directed well-known television movies such as Sybil and Eleanor and Franklin, and produced a 1999 remake of Inherit the Wind. His films were rarely box office successes, but they often feature large well-known casts (such as 1978's The Betsy, starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Duvall), and his films are among the earliest screen appearances by such stars as Winona Ryder (Square Dance) and Kiefer Sutherland (The Bay Boy).

Petrie died of cancer at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California. He is survived by his sons, Daniel and Donald, who are both well-known writers/directors.

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Known for

Acting
1994 The Story of Lassie Actor Self N/A
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1985 Into the Night Actor Kalijak Director 61
Fair

Directing
2001 Walter and Henry Directing Director 59
Average
2001 Wild Iris Directing Director 59
Average
1999 Inherit the Wind Directing Director 59
Average
1998 Monday After the Miracle Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Assistant Directing Director 58
Average
1996 Calm at Sunset Directing Director 59
Average
1995 Kissinger and Nixon Directing Director 59
Average
1994 Lassie Directing Director 59
Average
1992 A Town Torn Apart Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Mark Twain and Me Directing Director 59
Average
1989 My Name Is Bill W. Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Cocoon: The Return Directing Director 62
Fair
1988 Rocket Gibraltar Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Square Dance Directing Director 58
Average
1986 Half a Lifetime Directing Director N/A
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1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham Directing Director 59
Average
1984 The Bay Boy Directing Director 59
Average
1984 The Dollmaker Directing Director 59
Average
1982 Six Pack Directing Director 59
Average
1981 Fort Apache, the Bronx Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Resurrection Directing Director 59
Average
1978 The Betsy Directing Director 58
Average
1977 The Quinns Directing Director N/A
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1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Sybil Directing Director 71
Good
1976 Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking Directing Director N/A
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1976 Lifeguard Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Eleanor and Franklin Directing Director 68
Fair
1975 Returning Home Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Buster and Billie Directing Director 59
Average
1974 Mousey Directing Director 58
Average
1974 The Gun and the Pulpit Directing Director 59
Average
1973 The Neptune Factor Directing Director 58
Average
1973 Trouble Comes to Town Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Century Turns Directing Director N/A
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1972 Moon of the Wolf Directing Director 58
Average
1971 A Howling in the Woods Directing Director 58
Average
1971 The City Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night Directing Director 59
Average
1966 The Spy with a Cold Nose Directing Director 58
Average
1966 The Idol Directing Director 58
Average
1963 Stolen Hours Directing Director 58
Average
1962 The Main Attraction Directing Director 58
Average
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Directing Director 62
Fair
1960 The Bramble Bush Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Wuthering Heights Directing Director N/A
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1956 The Stingiest Man in Town Directing Director 59
Average
1956 Bang the Drum Slowly Directing Director 59
Average
1955 A Wind from the South Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Julius Caesar Directing Director N/A
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1955 The Sting of Death Directing Director N/A
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1950 The Murder Club Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1984 The Bay Boy Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1996 Calm at Sunset Production Producer 59
Average
1991 Mark Twain and Me Production Producer 59
Average
1989 My Name Is Bill W. Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Square Dance Production Producer 58
Average