Daniel Petrie

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For his son, also a filmmaker and writer, see Daniel Petrie Jr.
For the American Major League Baseball pitcher, see Dan Petry.

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Daniel Petrie


Born Daniel Mannix Petrie
November 26, 1920
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died August 22, 2004 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education St. Francis Xavier University
Columbia University
Occupations Director, educator, writer
Years active 1949–2001
Spouse Dorothea Grundy Petrie
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​(m. 1946⁠–⁠2004)​
Children Daniel, Donald, June, Mary

Daniel Mannix Petrie[citation needed] (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 Sidney J. Furie, to find critical and commercial success overseas in the 1960s due to the limited opportunities in the Canadian film industry at the time. He was the patriarch of the Petrie filmmaking family, with four of his children working in the film industry.