Daniel Petrie
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 26, 1920
- Died
- August 22, 2004
- Birthplace
- Glace Bay, Canada
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.
Filmography
Walter and Henry 2001
Director
Wild Iris 2001
Director
Inherit the Wind 1999
Director
Monday After the Miracle 1998
Director
The Assistant 1997
Director
Calm at Sunset 1996
Producer, Director
Kissinger and Nixon 1995
Director
The Story of Lassie 1994
as Self
Lassie 1994
Director
A Town Torn Apart 1992
Director
Mark Twain and Me 1991
Producer, Director
My Name Is Bill W. 1989
Producer, Director
Cocoon: The Return 1988
Director
Rocket Gibraltar 1988
Director
Square Dance 1987
Producer, Director
Half a Lifetime 1986
Director
The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985
Director
Into the Night 1985
as Kalijak Director
The Bay Boy 1984
Director, Writer
The Dollmaker 1984
Director
Six Pack 1982
Director
Fort Apache, the Bronx 1981
Director
Resurrection 1980
Director
The Betsy 1978
Director
The Quinns 1977
Director
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 1977
Director
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking 1976
Director
Lifeguard 1976
Director
Returning Home 1975
Director
Buster and Billie 1974
Director
Mousey 1974
Director
The Gun and the Pulpit 1974
Director
The Neptune Factor 1973
Director
Trouble Comes to Town 1973
Director
The Century Turns 1972
Director
Moon of the Wolf 1972
Director
A Howling in the Woods 1971
Director
The City 1971
Director
Silent Night, Lonely Night 1969
Director
The Spy with a Cold Nose 1966
Director
The Idol 1966
Director
Stolen Hours 1963
Director
The Main Attraction 1962
Director
A Raisin in the Sun 1961
Director
The Bramble Bush 1960
Director
Wuthering Heights 1958
Director
The Stingiest Man in Town 1956
Director
Bang the Drum Slowly 1956
Director
A Wind from the South 1955
Director
Sting of Death 1955
Director
The Murder Club 1950
Director
Credits from TMDB.