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  1. Daniel Mannix Petrie [1] (November 26, 1920 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter. He was one of several Canadian-born expatriate filmmakers, including Norman Jewison and ...

  2. Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr. (born November 30, 1951) [1] is a Canadian-American [2] producer, writer, and director of film and television. [3] He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films [4] through films like Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch. [5] He served as President of the Writers Guild of America ...

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  4. Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter. He was one of several Canadian-born expatriate filmmakers, including Norman Jewison and Sidney J. Furie, to find critical and commercial success overseas in the 1960s due to the ...

  5. Aug 25, 2004 · Daniel Petrie, who directed the films ''A Raisin in the Sun'' and ''Fort Apache, the Bronx'' and won Emmy Awards during a half-century career in movies and television, died on Sunday at his home ...

  6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0677951Daniel Petrie - IMDb

    Daniel Petrie. Director: The Bay Boy. Daniel Petrie was born on 26 November 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Bay Boy (1984), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and The Assistant (1997).

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  7. May 14, 2008 · Daniel Petrie, director, writer, producer, actor, (b at Glace Bay, NS 26 Nov 1920; d at Los Angeles 22 Aug 2004). Daniel Petrie achieved a Bachelor of Arts in communications at Nova Scotia's St Francis Xavier University before completing a masters in adult education at Columbia. He began his career teaching at Northwestern University and ...

  8. Aug 22, 2004 · 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 ...

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