Daniel Petrie
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, cutting his teeth on the corporate sponsor-produced dramas of early television: "The Motorola Television Hour," "Goodyear Playhouse," "Kraft Theatre," and "The DuPont Show of the Month," to name a few. He branched into features in a big way with the 1961 adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," a film that not only solidified Sidney Poitier's standing in Hollywood as a major star but also brought Petrie a Golden Palm nomination at the Cannes Film Festival. He would continue this practice--working extensively on episodic television while peppering his resume with the occasional feature film--until the 1970s, when he turned to made-for-TV films and big-screen productions for the remainder of his career. His most productive and artistically successful flourish came in the 1980s, beginning with the remarkable sleeper "Resurrection," the heady crime drama "Fort Apache the Bronx," the Jane Fonda TV vehicle "The Dollmaker," and the movie with one of Burt Lancaster's last starring roles, "Rocket Gibraltar," in 1988. Petrie turned to TV movies exclusively in the 1990s and succumbed to cancer in 2004.
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Daniel Petrie
Filmography
Movies
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Walter and Henry | Director | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Iris | Director | - | 2001 |
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Inherit the Wind | Director | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monday After the Miracle | Director | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Assistant |
Producer, Director |
- | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calm at Sunset |
Director, Producer |
- | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kissinger and Nixon | Director | - | 1995 |
88% |
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Lassie | Director | $8.3M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Town Torn Apart | Director | - | 1992 |
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Mark Twain and Me | Director | - | 1991 |
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My Name Is Bill W. | Director | - | 1989 |
31% |
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Cocoon: The Return | Director | $18.5M | 1988 |
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Rocket Gibraltar | Director | $92.5K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Square Dance |
Director, Producer |
$13.7K | 1987 |
31% |
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Square Dance | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Half a Lifetime | Director | - | 1986 |
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The Execution of Raymond Graham | Director | - | 1985 |
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The Dollmaker | Director | - | 1984 |
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The Bay Boy |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1984 |
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Six Pack | Director | - | 1982 |
80% |
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Fort Apache, the Bronx | Director | - | 1981 |
83% |
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Resurrection | Director | - | 1980 |
17% |
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The Betsy | Director | - | 1978 |
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Director | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quinns | Director | - | 1977 |
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Eleanor and Franklin | Director | - | 1976 |
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Sybil | Director | - | 1976 |
47% |
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Lifeguard | Director | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Returning Home | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun and the Pulpit | Director | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mousey | Director | - | 1974 |
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Buster and Billie | Director | - | 1974 |
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The Neptune Factor | Director | - | 1973 |
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Moon of the Wolf | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Century Turns | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trouble Comes to Town | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Howling in the Woods | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The City | Director | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Night, Lonely Night | Director | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spy With a Cold Nose | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Idol | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stolen Hours | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Main Attraction | Director | - | 1963 |
90% |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bramble Bush | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wuthering Heights | Director | - | 1958 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terre de passions | Director | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Director | 1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Director | 1969-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Interns | Director | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ironside | Director | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Director | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Director | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Director | 1955 |