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/direc…

Directed

1. Cocoon: The Return (1988) — Director
2. Lassie (1994) — Director
3. A Raisin in the Sun (1961) — Director
4. Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) — Director
5. Ironside (1967) — Director
6. Sybil (1976) — Director
7. The Neptune Factor (1973) — Director
8. Resurrection (1980) — Director
9. Moon of the Wolf (1972) — Director
10. Inherit the Wind (1999) — Director
11. Rocket Gibraltar (1988) — Director
12. Lifeguard (1976) — Director
13. Six Pack (1982) — Director
14. The Betsy (1978) — Director
15. McMillan & Wife (1971) — Director
16. Square Dance (1987) — Director
17. My Name Is Bill W. (1989) — Director
18. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Director
19. The Bay Boy (1984) — Director
20. Buster and Billie (1974) — Director
21. A Howling in the Woods (1971) — Director
22. The Dollmaker (1984) — Director
23. The Gun and the Pulpit (1974) — Director
24. Medical Center (1969) — Director
25. Stolen Hours (1963) — Director
26. Studio One (1948) — Director
27. The Name of the Game (1968) — Director
28. The Defenders (1961) — Director
29. Mark Twain and Me (1991) — Director
30. The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985) — Director
31. The Idol (1966) — Director
32. Bang the Drum Slowly (1956) — Director
33. A Wind from the South (1955) — Director
34. Mousey (1974) — Director
35. Calm at Sunset (1996) — Director
36. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) — Director
37. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Director
38. Wild Iris (2001) — Director
39. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) — Director
40. The Bramble Bush (1960) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Into the Night (1985) — Kalijak Director
2. The Waltons (1972)
3. The Story of Lassie (1994) — Self