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Daniel Petrie Born Daniel Mannix Petrie
November 26, 1920
Glace Bay, CanadaDied August 22, 2004 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, United StatesOccupation Film director
Film producerYears active 1949 - 2001 Spouse Dorothea G. Petrie (m. 1957–2004) Daniel Mannix Petrie[1] (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.[1] He moved to the United States in 1945.[1] 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.
References
External links
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]
- Daniel Petrie at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Daniel Petrie 1960s The Bramble Bush (1960) · A Raisin in the Sun (1961) · The Main Attraction (1962) · Stolen Hours (1963) · The Idol (1966) · The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)1970s Moon of the Wolf (1973) · The Neptune Factor (1973) · The Gun and the Pulpit (1974) · Buster and Billie (1974) · Eleanor and Franklin (1976) · Lifeguard (1976) · Sybil (1976) · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) · The Betsy (1978)1980s Resurrection (1980) · Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) · Six Pack (1982) · The Dollmaker (1984) · The Bay Boy (1984) · Square Dance (1987) · Rocket Gibraltar (1988) · Cocoon: The Return (1988)1990s 2000s Wild Iris (2001)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special (1975–2000) George Cukor (1975) · Daniel Petrie (1976) · Daniel Petrie (1977) · David Lowell Rich (1978) · David Greene (1979) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1980) · James Goldstone (1981) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1982) · John Erman (1983) · Jeff Bleckner (1984) · Lamont Johnson (1985) · Joseph Sargent (1986) · Glenn A. Jordan (1987) · Lamont Johnson (1988) · Simon Wincer (1989) · Joseph Sargent (1990) · Brian Gibson (1991) · Joseph Sargent (1992) · James Steven Sadwith (1993) · John Frankenheimer (1994) · John Frankenheimer (1995) · John Frankenheimer (1996) · Andrei Konchalovsky (1997) · John Frankenheimer (1998) · Allan Arkush (1999) · Charles S. Dutton (2000)
Complete List · (1975–2000) · (2001–2025) Categories:- 1920 births
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- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Canadian film directors
- Cancer deaths in California
- Genie Award winners for Best Screenplay
- People from Glace Bay
- People from Los Angeles, California
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