Donald Mark Petrie^[1] (born April 2, 1954)^[1] is an American film director and actor.

Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director.^[1][2] He is the brother of writer Daniel Petrie Jr. Petrie began his entertainment career as an actor, having trained and graduated from California State Northridge as a theatre major. Donald soon was appearing in many television episodes. In 1980, Donald decided to shift his focus to directing when he was accepted as a Fellow at the American Film Institute.^[3]

Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs since 1976.

Film

• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• Opportunity Knocks (1990)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
• The Favor (1994)
• Richie Rich (1994)
• The Associate (1996)
• My Favorite Martian (1999)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Just My Luck (2006) (Also producer)
• My Life in Ruins (2009)
• Atlantic Gold (2013)
• Little Italy (2018)

TV movies

• Why on Earth? (1988)
• Turner & Hooch (1990)
• Country Estates (1993)

TV series