Daniel Petrie, Jr.

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Daniel M. Petrie, Jr. (born November 30, 1951 ) is a Canadian screenwriter , director and film producer .

Life

Daniel M. Petrie is the son of the Canadian director Daniel Petrie . After studying at the University of Redlands from 1970 to 1975 , from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and creative writing , he started at the artist agency International Creative Management in the post office and worked his way up to an agent. From there, he and his writing partner Danilo Bach managed to sell the script for the action comedy Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case . With his debut screenplay he was able to celebrate his greatest success to date with an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985 .

Daniel M. Petrie is a member of the Writers Guild of America and was its President from 1997 to 1999. He met his wife Constance Petrie while working at ICM.

Filmography (selection)

Award (selection)

Oscar
  • 1985 : Best Original Screenplay nomination with Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve it
Edgar Allan Poe Award
  • 1985: Nomination for Best Picture with Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve it
  • 1988: Nomination for the best film with The Big Easy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Daniel Petrie, Jr. at radaris.com , accessed January 19, 2012
  2. Daniel Petrie Jr. on sat.1.de , accessed 19 January 2012
  3. Daniel Petrie Jr. on linkedin.com , accessed January 19, 2012
  4. ^ Daniel Petrie, Jr. ( Memento December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on austinfilmfestival.com (English), accessed January 19, 2012
  5. ^ Writers Guild Of America, West ( June 7, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) at wga.org , accessed January 19, 2012
  6. ^ Daniel Petrie, Jr. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 5, 2018 .