Directing · b. 1920 · Glace Bay, Canada

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: T...

Directed

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

Acting

The Story of Lassie Self 1994 Into the Night Kalijak Director 1985

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