---
name: "Donald Petrie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-petrie"
fi1m_id: "donald-petrie"
imdb_id: "nm0677953"
tmdb_id: 18281
wikidata_id: "Q521262"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 April 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T02:14:24.246707+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donald Petrie

## Identity

Donald Petrie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-petrie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-petrie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0677953
- **TMDB ID:** 18281
- **Wikidata ID:** Q521262
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Petrie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521262, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18281

Director. Born 2 April 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 April 1954, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1977–2014
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 70 (1), 1980s 56 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Petrie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q521262, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18281

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Miss Congeniality*](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Donald Petrie is an American film and television director and former actor. Born in New York City on 2 April 1954, he is the son of director Daniel Petrie and television producer Dorothea Petrie, and brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr.

Petrie trained as a theatre major at California State University, Northridge, and began his career as an actor in the 1970s before becoming an American Film Institute Fellow in 1980 and shifting to directing. His feature films include *Mystic Pizza* (1988), *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), *Miss Congeniality* (2000), *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003) and *Little Italy* (2018). He has also directed episodes of series such as *Chicago P.D.* (2014), *Chicago Med* (2015) and *The Kominsky Method* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), Fi1m 56, as White Rookie — [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)
- *The Turning Point* (1977), Fi1m 70, as Barney Joe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Kominsky Method* (2018), series, Director
- *Little Italy* (2018), Director
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Director
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Director
- *My Life in Ruins* (2009), Director
- *Just My Luck* (2006), Director, Producer
- *Welcome to Mooseport* (2004), Director
- *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), Director
- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/miss-congeniality.md)
- *Opposite Sex* (2000), series, Director
- *My Favorite Martian* (1999), Director
- *The Associate* (1996), Director
- *Ri¢hie Ri¢h* (1994), Director
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Director
- *The Favor* (1994), Director
- *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), Director
- *Turner & Hooch* (1990), Director
- *Opportunity Knocks* (1990), Director
- *Mystic Pizza* (1988), Director
- *The Oldest Rookie* (1987), series, Director
- *Private Eye* (1987), series, Director
- *Heart of the City* (1986), series, Director
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, Director
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Director
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Director
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, Director
- *Voyager from the Unknown* (1984), as Orville Wright
- *Voyagers!* (1982), series, Actor
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Paramedic
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), as White Rookie — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)
- *The Hearse* (1980), as Luke
- *Haywire* (1980), as Tom
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), series, as Kodus
- *H.O.T.S.* (1979), as Doug
- *B. J. and the Bear* (1979), series, Actor
- *Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery* (1978), Actor
- *The Turning Point* (1977), as Barney Joe — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *The Incredible Hulk* (1977), series, as Copyboy
- *Three's Company* (1977), series, as Officer Jim Bolton
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Actor
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as 2nd Officer
- *Baa Baa Black Sheep* (1976), series, as 1st Lt. Doug Rafferty
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, Actor
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, Director
- *The Last Resort*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Donald Petrie](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-0f982d8bdec6.jpg) Donald Petrie — Canadian Film Centre / Jesse Grant, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Donald_Petrie.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![cfccreates.com (L-R) Donald Petrie, Michael Levine, and Allan Hawco. To mark 25 years of inspiring exceptional talent and strong cross border partnerships, CFC  (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-6961b5010537.jpg) cfccreates.com (L-R) Donald Petrie, Michael Levine, and Allan Hawco. To mark 25 years of inspiring exceptional talent and strong cross border partnerships, CFC  (2013) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288578220346%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288578220346%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![<a href="http://cfccreates.com" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com</a> (L-R) CFC Board Member Neal Clarance, Donald Petrie, and Jeff Morrow. To mark 25 y (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-22fa2f080d32.jpg) <a href="http://cfccreates.com" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com</a> (L-R) CFC Board Member Neal Clarance, Donald Petrie, and Jeff Morrow. To mark 25 y (2013) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288578222300%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288578222300%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald Petrie, Anita Camarata and Michael Jewison. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-fa4b34fdd165.jpg) Donald Petrie, Anita Camarata and Michael Jewison. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825738707840%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825738707840%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald Petrie and Kathryn Emslie, Chief Programs Officer, CFC. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-d28e47d5f3bd.jpg) Donald Petrie and Kathryn Emslie, Chief Programs Officer, CFC. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825945005251%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825945005251%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Don Petrie with Kathryn Emslie, Chief Programs Officer, CFC; Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive in Charge of Project Development, Marketplace & Packaging, CFC  (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1245966/gallery-d91630b611be.jpg) Don Petrie with Kathryn Emslie, Chief Programs Officer, CFC; Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive in Charge of Project Development, Marketplace & Packaging, CFC  (2015) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816945508822%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816945508822%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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