# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-petrie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:42:18.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-petrie"
name: "Daniel Petrie"
slug: "daniel-petrie"
description: "Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr. is a Canadian-American producer, writer, and director of film and television. He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films through films like Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch. He served as President of the Writers Guild of America, West between 1997 and 1999, and then again between 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors at the Writers Guild Foundation."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Petrie%2C_Jr._(2014).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.62
  momentum:             0.5835806132542037
  historical:           8.371853333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677943/"
    handle:    "nm0677943"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "ڈینیل پیٹری جونیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "دانييل بيتري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "دانييل بيترى (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8E%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "دانیال پێتری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie%2C_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie%2C_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Petrie_Jr."
    title: "Daniel Petrie Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump