Donald Petrie is the son of television producer Dorothea and director Daniel Petrie. His career in show business, he began with episodic roles in various TV series and films. At the insistence of his father, Donald graduated from the American Film Institute, where his short film “Expert” was awarded a prize. Then in the mid-1980s, the young director successfully put on TV episodes of popular TV series, collaborated with Steven Spielberg, was repeatedly nominated for Emmy Awards and the Director's
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Donald Petrie is the son of television producer Dorothea and director Daniel Petrie. His career in show business, he began with episodic roles in various TV series and films. At the insistence of his father, Donald graduated from the American Film Institute, where his short film “Expert” was awarded a prize. Then in the mid-1980s, the young director successfully put on TV episodes of popular TV series, collaborated with Steven Spielberg, was repeatedly nominated for Emmy Awards and the Director's Guild. In 1988, Donald Petrie turned to "big" cinema and directed the film "Mystic Pizza", featuring Julia Roberts, Lily Taylor and Vincent D'Onofrio, followed by "Opportunity Knocks" (1990). More successful was the rental of the comedy “Old Grumpy” (1993), with Jack Lemmon and Walter Mattow. In 1994, the children's comedy "Rich Rich" and the comedy-romantic film "A favor" were released. In Donald Petrie’s comedy The Companion (1996), Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Daly starred. The director had no great luck, and he decided to return to television, where he staged various series. In 1999, the director made a new attempt to gain a foothold in the film industry, shooting the sitcom “My Favorite Martian”, but she did not gain much audience interest or box office fees. Much better in this regard was the comedy Miss Congeniality (2000), with Sandra Bullock in the title role - an FBI agent acting undercover at a beauty contest. The next, and also successful, work of Donald Petrie was the romantic comedy How to get rid of a guy in 10 days (2003), with the participation of Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
