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Encyclopedia > Daniel Petrie

Daniel M. Petrie (November 26, 1920, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada - August 22, 2004, Los Angeles, California) was a television and movie director.


One of his most famous credits was 1961's Raisin in the Sun, which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival.


He also directed Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). He produced television movies such as Sybil, Eleanor and Franklin (which he also directed), and a 1999 remake of Inherit the Wind. His sons, Daniel and Donald, are well-known writers/directors.


External link

  • IMDB listing (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677951/)

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Daniel Petrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (124 words)
Daniel M. Petrie (November 26, 1920, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada - August 22, 2004, Los Angeles, California) was a television and movie director.
One of his most famous credits was 1961's Raisin in the Sun, which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival.
His sons, Daniel and Donald, are well-known writers/directors.
Daniel Petrie, 83; directed 'Raisin in Sun' - The Boston Globe (280 words)
LOS ANGELES -- Daniel Petrie, who directed "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Fort Apache, The Bronx" and won Emmy awards during a half-century career in movies and television, died of cancer Sunday at his Los Angeles home, said his son, Daniel Petrie Jr.
Petrie won directing Emmys for 1976's "Eleanor and Franklin" and for "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years" in 1977.
Petrie was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
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