Daniel Petrie

Born 1951 · American film director

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.

Daniel Petrie, in order

1. 1984 Beverly Hills Cop: wrote · directed by Martin Brest · critics 84%, audiences 82% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
2. 1986 The Big Easy: wrote · directed by Jim McBride · critics 89%, audiences 61% · streaming on Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free), Plex
3. 1988 Shoot to Kill: wrote, produced · directed by Roger Spottiswoode · critics 100%, audiences 65%
4. 1989 Turner & Hooch: wrote · directed by Roger Spottiswoode
5. 1991 Toy Soldiers: directed, wrote · critics 47%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
6. 1994 In the Army Now: directed
7. 1997 Dead Silence (TV movie): directed · audiences 33% · streaming on HBO Max
8. 2001 Walter and Henry (TV movie): directed · streaming on Tubi
9. 2002 Framed (TV movie): directed, wrote · audiences 32%
10. 2014 Dawn Patrol: directed · critics 0%, audiences 11% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
11. 2015 Rosemont: directed · audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla