Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 26, 1920
Died
Aug 22, 2004
Place of Birth
Glace Bay, Canada
Credits
81 titles
Daniel Petrie
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Petrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Walter and Henry
Director
Wild Iris
Director
Inherit the Wind
Director
Monday After the Miracle
Director
The Assistant
Director
Calm at Sunset
Producer
Kissinger and Nixon
Director
The Story of Lassie
Self
Lassie
Director
A Town Torn Apart
Director
Mark Twain and Me
Producer
My Name Is Bill W.
Producer
Cocoon: The Return
Director
Rocket Gibraltar
Director
Square Dance
Producer
Half a Lifetime
Director
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Director
Into the Night
Kalijak Director
The Bay Boy
Director
The Dollmaker
Director
Six Pack
Director
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Director
Resurrection
Director
The Betsy
Director
The Quinns
Director
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Director
Sybil
Director
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
Director
Lifeguard
Director
Eleanor and Franklin
Director
Returning Home
Director
Buster and Billie
Director
Mousey
Director
The Gun and the Pulpit
Director
The Neptune Factor
Director
Trouble Comes to Town
Director
The Century Turns
Director
Moon of the Wolf
Director
Banyon
Director
The Waltons
Hec Ramsey
Director
A Howling in the Woods
Director
McMillan & Wife
Director
The Man and the City
Director
The City
Director
San Francisco International Airport
Director
The Interns
Director
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Director
Medical Center
Director
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Director