Daniel Petrie
American film director · Canada · On the map · Directors · Born 1951 · age 74
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.
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The Appleton Ladies' Potato RaceFilm, Producer2020
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About HollywoodFilm2018
Intrigo: Death of an AuthorFilm, Producer2015
BlackwayFilm, Producer2014
Dawn PatrolFilm, Director2011
Combat HospitalSeries, Writer, Producer2002
FramedFilm, Director, Writer2000
The 6th DayFilm, Producer1997
Dead SilenceFilm, Director1996
The Big EasySeries, Producer
Toe TagsFilm, 1996Director1992
The Distinguished GentlemanFilm, Asbestos Lobbyist1991
Toy SoldiersFilm, Director, Writer1989
Turner & HoochFilm, Writer, Producer1986
The Big EasyFilm, Writer1984
Beverly Hills CopFilm, Writer1951Born30 November 1951People around Daniel
Roger Spottiswoode Directed Shoot to Kill and Turner & Hooch
Keith Coogan Daniel directed Toy Soldiers (1991)
James Garner Daniel directed Dead Silence (1997)
Daniel Alfredson Also in Blackway and Intrigo: Death of an Author
Robert Lesser Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Eddie Murphy Produced Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Sidney Poitier Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Brendan Fraser Daniel directed In the Army Now (1995)
R. Lee Ermey Daniel directed Toy Soldiers (1991)
Tom Berenger Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Louis Gossett Jr. Daniel directed Toy Soldiers (1991)
Clancy Brown Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Jerry Bruckheimer Produced Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Scott Eastwood Produced Dawn Patrol (2014)
Wil Wheaton Daniel directed Toy Soldiers (1991)
Andrew Robinson Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
David Alan Grier Daniel directed In the Army Now (1995)- Art LaFleur Daniel directed In the Army Now (1995)
Tony Bill Directed Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)- Frederick Coffin Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Lynda La Plante Produced Framed (2002)
Kevin McNulty Daniel produced Shoot to Kill (1988)
Jim McBride Directed The Big Easy (1986)
Michael Campbell Also in Beverly Hills Cop and Toy Soldiers
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Beverly Hills Cop 1984
Shoot to Kill 1988
Toy Soldiers 1991
Turner & Hooch 1989
The Big Easy 1986
Filmography 22
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Television 2
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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.
