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Daniel Petrie Biography

Birth Name:Daniel Mannix Petrie

Birth Place:Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

Profession Director, Producer, Actor, Writer

Fast Facts

  • Posthumously won the Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
  • Was born to a soft-drink manufacturer in Canada and moved to the United States in his 20s
  • A filmmaker ahead of his time, he tackled the issue of racism in 1961's "A Raisin in the Sun" and depicted female breadwinners in 1984's "The Dollmaker․"
  • His films rarely drew large crowds to theaters, but did include casts of well-known actors and some, such as Winona Ryder and Kiefer Sutherland, who would soon become well-known
  • Armed with a rake and a broom, he saved a local doctor from two aggressive Rottweilers
  • Cancer claimed his life in 2004 when he was 83 years old

Awards

  • 1961Gary Cooper Award-: winner
  • 1961Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1962DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
  • 1963DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television: nominated
  • 1970DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television: nominated
  • 1972DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series - Night: winner
  • 1972Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: nominated
  • 1973Bronze Wrangler-Fictional Television Drama: winner
  • 1976Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: winner
  • 1977DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality: winner
  • 1977Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: winner
  • 1978DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality: winner
  • 1981Special Jury Award-: winner
  • 1981Grand Prize-: nominated
  • 1985DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials: winner
  • 1985Genie-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1986Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
  • 1987ACE-Directing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special: nominated
  • 1989Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
  • 1989Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special: nominated
  • 1990DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials: nominated
  • 1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Program: winner
  • 1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
  • 1993CableACE-Children's Programming Special - 7 and Older: winner
  • 1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special: nominated
  • 1994CableACE-Dramatic Series: nominated
  • 1996DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials: nominated
  • 1997Best Film-: nominated
  • 2000DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television: nominated
  • 2002DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs: nominated