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Daniel Mannix Petrie (November 26, 1920 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter.
Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr. (born November 30, 1951) [1] is a Canadian-American [2] producer, writer, and director of film and television. [3] He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films [4] through films like Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch. [5]
Daniel Petrie was born on 26 November 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Bay Boy (1984), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and The Assistant (1997). He was married to Dorothea G. Petrie. He died on 22 August 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Daniel Petrie, who directed “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Fort Apache, The Bronx” and won Emmy awards, passed away of cancer in 2004. He also wrote and directed “The Bay Boy,” a 1984 autobiographical movie that won Genie awards.
Oct 20, 2015 · From writing Beverly Hills Cop to directing Toy Soldiers and Dawn Patrol, we have a chat with writer/producer/director Daniel Petrie Jr.
Jan 30, 2016 · One of the most influential and prolific filmmakers to ever come from Nova Scotia was Daniel Petrie. Born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, in 1920, Petrie rose to the top of the Hollywood heap from the 1950s onward to become a widely admired director of both big and small screen motion pictures.
Daniel Mannix Petrie (November 26, 1920 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter.
