Daniel Petrie

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: The Return (1988). He directed well-known television movies such as Sybil and Eleanor and Franklin, and produced a 1999 remake of Inherit the Wind. His films were rarely box office successes, but they often feature large well-known casts (such as 1978's The Betsy, starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Duvall), and his films are among the earliest screen appearances by such stars as Winona Ryder (Square Dance) and Kiefer Sutherland (The Bay Boy). Petrie died of cancer at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California. He is survived by his sons, Daniel and Donald, who are both well-known writers/directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Petrie, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Daniel Mannix Petrie war ein kanadischer Fernseh- und Filmregisseur. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen zählt „A Raisin in the Sun“ (1961), der für die Goldene Palme bei den Filmfestspielen von Cannes nominiert war. Er führte außerdem Regie bei „Buster and Billie“ (1974), dem Oscar-nominierten Film „Resurrection“ (1980), „The Bronx“ (1981) und „Cocoon – Die Rückkehr“ (1988). Er inszenierte bekannte Fernsehfilme und produzierte 1999 ein Remake von „Wer den Wind sät“. Seine Filme waren selten Kassenschlager, doch sie warteten oft mit einer großen Besetzung auf, und seine Filme zählen zu den ersten Leinwandauftritten von Stars wie Winona Ryder („Square Dance“) und Kiefer Sutherland („The Bay Boy“). Petrie starb im Alter von 83 Jahren an Krebs. Er hinterlässt seine Söhne Daniel und Donald, die beide bekannte Drehbuchautoren und Regisseure sind.