Daniel Petrie

Producer, Screenwriter

Biography

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Literary agent turned screenwriter who scored with the Eddie Murphy box-office smash, "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984) and wrote the offbeat, steamy New Orleans-set thriller, "The Big Easy" (1986). Petrie began a second career as a producer with "Shoot to Kill" (1988) and made his directorial debut with the prep school drama, "Toy Soldiers" (1991). Son of director Daniel Petrie and producer Do...

Filmography

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Dawn Patrol (2015)
Director
Heartbreak Hill (2012)
Director
Framed (2002)
Director
Dead Silence (1997)
Director
In the Army Now (1994)
Director
Toy Soldiers (1991)
Director

Family & Companions

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Constance Petrie
Wife
Met while both worked at ICM.

Biography

Literary agent turned screenwriter who scored with the Eddie Murphy box-office smash, "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984) and wrote the offbeat, steamy New Orleans-set thriller, "The Big Easy" (1986). Petrie began a second career as a producer with "Shoot to Kill" (1988) and made his directorial debut with the prep school drama, "Toy Soldiers" (1991). Son of director Daniel Petrie and producer Dorothea Petrie and brother of AFI-trained director Donald Petrie ("Mystic Pizza" 1988, "Grumpy Old Men" 1993).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Dawn Patrol (2015)
Director
Heartbreak Hill (2012)
Director
Framed (2002)
Director
Dead Silence (1997)
Director
In the Army Now (1994)
Director
Toy Soldiers (1991)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Dead Silence (1997)
Slaughterhouse Trooper
In the Army Now (1994)
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

Writer (Feature Film)

Heartbreak Hill (2012)
Screenplay
Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007)
Teleplay
Framed (2002)
Screenwriter
In the Army Now (1994)
Screenplay
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Characters As Source Material
Toy Soldiers (1991)
Screenplay
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Story By
Turner & Hooch (1989)
From Story
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Screenplay
Shoot To Kill (1988)
Screenplay
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Characters As Source Material
The Big Easy (1986)
Screenwriter
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Screenplay
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Story By
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
From Story

Producer (Feature Film)

An Ordinary Man (2018)
Executive Producer
Go With Me (2016)
Executive Producer
Dawn Patrol (2015)
Producer
The 6th Day (2000)
Executive Producer
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Executive Producer
Shoot To Kill (1988)
Producer
Waco & Rhinehart (1987)
Executive Producer

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

And the Band Played On (1993)
Special Thanks To

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
Other
The 6th Day (2000)
Other
The 6th Day (2000)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Other
Maximum Risk (1996)
Other
Eddie (1996)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
Eddie (1996)
Other
The Net (1995)
Other
The Net (1995)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Other

Producer (Special)

Turner and Hooch (1990)
Executive Producer

Life Events

1976

Began career in mailroom of ICM talent and literary agency; moved up to position of reader, then agent for writers and directors (date approximate)

1981

Stopped working as agent to concentrate on screenwriting

1984

First screenplay to be produced, "Beverly Hills Cop"

1991

Directorial debut, "Toy Soldiers"

Family

Daniel Petrie, Sr
Father
Director.
Dorothea Petrie
Mother
TV producer.
Donald Mark Petrie
Brother
Director, actor.
Mary Susan Petrie Lowen
Sister
Screenwriter, actor. Twin of of June Anne Petrie Battersby.
June Anne Petrie Battersby
Sister
Executive. Twin of Mary Susan Petrie Lowen; former VP at MGM/UA.

Companions

Constance Petrie
Wife
Met while both worked at ICM.

Bibliography

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