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May 14, 2008 · Daniel Petrie, director, writer, producer, actor, (b at Glace Bay, NS 26 Nov 1920; d at Los Angeles 22 Aug 2004). Daniel Petrie achieved a Bachelor of Arts in communications at Nova Scotia's St Francis Xavier University before completing a masters in adult education at Columbia. He began his career teaching at Northwestern University and ...
Aug 22, 2004 · 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.
Aug 22, 2004 · Biography. The prolific directorial career of Daniel Petrie does not end simply with his oeuvre but continues on with a new generation of actors, producers, directors, and writers in the form of his two sons, Daniel Jr. and Donald, and his twin daughters, Mary and June. Petrie began his career, like many up-and-coming directors of the 1950s ...
Oct 20, 2015 · Yet Daniel Petrie Jr is just as busy. His screenplays include Turner & Hooch and Beverly Hills Cop (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination), whilst his directorial debut was the much ...
In his four-and-a-half hour interview, Daniel Petrie, Sr. (1920-2004) recalls his introduction to television directing, in Chicago in the 1950s, working on programs including Studs' Place and Billy Rose's Playbill. He talks about directing episodes of many television series during the 1950s, including The U.S. Steel Hour, The Alcoa Hour, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Excursion, Justice, and Omnibus. Petrie discusses his directing assignments in the 1960s and 1970s, including Bob Hope Presents ...
Daniel Petrie by Steve Ullathorne Glasgow born and bred Daniel Petrie is a newly qualified doctor (officially starting with the NHS on 2 August) who despite having made relatively few on-stage appearances due to COVID as well as his studies, was a finalist in the So You Think You’re Funny as well as the Chortle Student Comedy Awards in 2023.
Petrie continued to direct for both film and television, though he typically enjoyed more success on the small screen. His other best known films include Resurrection (1980), Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) and his labour of love, The Bay Boy (1984), a multiple Genie Award-winning film that starred a young Keifer Sutherland in a semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Cape Breton.
