Daniel Petrie
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.
78 directing credits · 3 acting credits
Directing · 78
Ironside
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Medical Center
1969
Studio One
1948
The Defenders
1961
The Name of the Game
1968
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Omnibus
1952
McMillan & Wife
1971
The United States Steel Hour
1953
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
N.Y.P.D.
1967
Banyon
1972
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Alcoa Hour
1955
East Side/West Side
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sybil
1976
Play of the Week
1959
Hec Ramsey
1972
For the People
1965
San Francisco International Airport
1970
The Interns
1970
Cocoon: The Return
1988
The Elgin Hour
1954
Pursuit
1958
The Man and the City
1971
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
Lassie
1994
Way Out
1961
Inherit the Wind
1999
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
The Dollmaker
1984
Lifeguard
1976
Square Dance
1987
Rocket Gibraltar
1988
The Betsy
1978
The Neptune Factor
1973
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Moon of the Wolf
1972
Six Pack
1982
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
The Main Attraction
1962
Resurrection
1980
Wuthering Heights
1958
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
Monday After the Miracle
1998
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974
Buster and Billie
1974
Mark Twain and Me
1991
The Bay Boy
1984
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
Stolen Hours
1963
Great Ghost Tales
1961
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
Calm at Sunset
1996
Wild Iris
2001
Mousey
1974
The Idol
1966
The Quinns
1977
A Howling in the Woods
1971
Walter and Henry
2001
The Century Turns
1972
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Bang the Drum Slowly
1956
Returning Home
1975
A Town Torn Apart
1992
The City
1971
Trouble Comes to Town
1973
A Wind from the South
1955
The Bramble Bush
1960
The Stingiest Man in Town
1956
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
1976
The Murder Club
1950
Half a Lifetime
1986
Sting of Death
1955
The Assistant
1997
