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DANIEL PETRIE SR. Died Aug. 22, 2004
  • Caption: DANIEL PETRIE SR. Died Aug. 22, 2004
  • Description: Emmy/Cannes/DGA/Genie/Peabody-award winning director/writer/producer Daniel Petrie, Sr. died of cancer at age 83. The multi-talented filmmaker was nominated for 8 Emmys awards (Won 3), 10 DGA awards (Won 4), 2 Cannes Film Festival awards (Won 1) and a single Genie Award for his writing (he won!). He received the prestigious Peabody Award for the TV film "Sybil." Mr. Petrie directed both TV and feature films. His wife was producer Dorothea Petri. He was the father of writer/director Daniel Petrie Jr. (Turner and Hooch), director Donald Petrie (Grumpy Old Men), Producer June Petrie (The Joyriders) and actress Marie Petrie (The All Nighter)! The Canadian born Petrie served his country in the Army during WWII.

    After a short stint as an actor on Broadway, Petrie turned to direction. Mr. Petrie began his career in the early days of live TV. He worked on episodes of "Stud�s Place," "The Billy Rose Show," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "Studio One" and "The Alcoa Hour" among others. He directed the live TV versions of "Bang the Drum Slowly" with Paul Newman and "Wuthering Heights" with Richard Burton. He won the Gary Cooper Award at Cannes for his second feature film "A Raisin in the Sun," which starred Sidney Portier. Mr. Petrie also received his first DGA nomination for the same film. Mr. Petrie directed several feature films during the 1960s including the offbeat Michael Parks film "The Idol." His TV work during that decade includes "Ironsides," "The Defenders" and "Marcus Welby M.D.."

    In the 1970s Mr. Petrie�s matured greatly as a story teller. He won both Emmy and DGA awards for the TV mini series "Eleanor and Franklin" and its sequel "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years." He also helped put Sam Elliot on the map with the well-made feature "Lifeguard." The first of his films that I remember seeing was the undersea turkey "The Neptune Factor." Mr. Petrie co-directed "Buster and Billie" with pot-boiler writer Sidney Shelton. Petrie would later direct Shelton�s "The Betsy." Though Mr. Petrie wasn�t nominated for "Sybil," the highly rated psychological drama did garner 6 Emmy nominations. In fact, it tied with Petrie�s "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years" for Outstanding Special � Drama or Comedy.

    The 1980s proved to be the period of Mr. Petrie�s greatest artistic achievement. Mr. Petrie directed two of my favorite films of the 1980s. He directed the Oscar nominated "Ressurection" and the Paul Newman cop-drama "Fort Apache, The Bronx." His film "The Bad Boy" is a powerful drama, which won the Best Screenplay award at Canada�s Genie Awards. "The Dollmaker" was one of the most heart-wrenching TV movies of the decade. Politics aside, Jane Fonda delivered one of her best performances as a poor woman struggling to keep her family�s bodies and spirits alive. Mr. Petrie won another DGA for his effort. His TV drama "My Name is Bill W." featured great performances by James Woods and James Garner in the story of the origin of Alcoholics Anonymous. He also directed Burt Lancaster in "Rocket Gibralter" in 1988. Mr. Petrie returned to Live TV in 1985 when he directed the drama "The Execution of Raymond Graham." He received yet another Emmy nomination for the rare live TV drama. The 80s weren�t all glory for Mr. Petrie. He also helmed the Kenny Rogers fiasco "Six Pack."
  • Actor/Actress/Director: Daniel Petrie Sr
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