Daniel Petrie
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 AwardWinner
- 1961Palme d'OrNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 1981Grand PrizeNominated
- 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 FilmNominated
- 2000DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television:Nominated
- 2002DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs:Nominated