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Aug 24, 2004 · Daniel Petrie, who directed “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Fort Apache, The Bronx” and won Emmy awards during a half-century career in movies and television, has died. He was 83.
Jan 30, 2016 · by Ron Foley MacDonald. One of the most influential and prolific filmmakers to ever come from Nova Scotia was Daniel Petrie. Born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, in 1920, Petrie rose to the top of the Hollywood heap from the 1950s onward to become a widely admired director of both big and small screen motion pictures.While he’s not as publicly ...
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Daniel (Dapper) Petrie, 97, of New Victoria, on September 28, 2022. Born in Lingan on April 22, 1925, he was the son of the late Walter and Ann (Riley) Petrie. Daniel was a devoted member of the Parish of St. Leonard. He worked in the cannery in Lingan in his earlier years and the Number 12 Colliery in New Waterford. His affinity for ...
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 ...
In his four-and-a-half hour interview, Daniel Petrie, Sr. (1920-2004) recalls his introduction to television directing, in Chicago in the 1950s, working on programs including Studs' Place and Billy Rose's Playbill. He talks about directing episodes of many television series during the 1950s, including The U.S. Steel Hour, The Alcoa Hour, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Excursion, Justice, and ...
Petrie continued to direct for both film and television, though he typically enjoyed more success on the small screen. His other best known films include Resurrection (1980), Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) and his labour of love, The Bay Boy (1984), a multiple Genie Award-winning film that starred a young Keifer Sutherland in a semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Cape Breton.
A Raisin in the Sun, from left, Louis Gossett Jr, Ruby Dee, and Sidney Poitier.. A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and based on the 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry.
