Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Petrie, Jr. (born 1952), the son of Daniel Petrie, Sr., is perhaps best known as the one of the screenwriters of the mid-1980s hit movie, Beverly Hills Cop and The Big Easy as well as the director of Toy Soldiers. He is currently (October 2004) president of the western chapter of the Writers Guild of America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Petrie, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Characters
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.

The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
2023
Executive Producer
Penny returns to her childhood home for the Appleton Show and its 'world famous' potato race, she is outraged that the men's first prize pays out $2,0...

TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020
as Self
A melancholy and affectionate look at the global obsession with movies, "TINSEL - The Lost Movie About Hollywood" was lost for 30 years and never show...

Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
Executive Producer
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other fo...

A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return
2019
Executive Producer
Several years after a deadly struggle with her serial killer aunt, Jordan works to escape her troubled history. But when her aunt's revenge-seeking sp...

Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
Executive Producer
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.

Rosemont
2015
Screenplay, Director
Four people become trapped in the once-vibrant Rosemont Lodge during a blizzard before Christmas.

Blackway
2015
Executive Producer
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operat...

Dawn Patrol
2014
Director
After the brutal murder of his beloved brother, a small-town surfer seeks revenge against the gang of merciless thugs he holds responsible. However, w...

Framed
2002
Teleplay, Director
New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness ...

The 6th Day
2000
Executive Producer
A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man...

Dead Silence
1997
Director
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.

Toe Tags
1996
Director
The Valley Creek Apartments seem to be a magnet for rich, beautiful people. But the rent has just gone up and it is costing residents their lives. Det...

In the Army Now
1994
Screenplay, Director
Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams. Unfortunately, no soo...

Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Characters
When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returnin...

The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
as Asbestos Lobbyist
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected ...

Toy Soldiers
1991
Director, Screenplay
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. The...
Turner & Hooch
1990
Executive Producer
In 1990 NBC did a television pilot based on the 1989 film, "Turner And Hooch." It aired in the summer with another dog pilot, "Poochinski" under the b...

Turner & Hooch
1989
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemean...

Shoot to Kill
1988
Producer, Screenplay
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city str...

Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Characters
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sg...

The Big Easy
1986
Screenplay
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow mem...

Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Screenplay, Story
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, ...
Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess
N/A
Producer
When a group of researchers get trapped in a facility in Antarctica during a six month period of total darkness, they begin to turn on each other.