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American film director
Douglas Petrie
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, producer, director

Douglas Petrie is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Best known as a writer, director, and co-executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He co-wrote the screenplays for the Fantastic Four film and Harriet the Spy. He has also written for the television shows Angel, The 4400, Tru Calling and American Horror Story: Coven. He served as a co-executive producer and writer for two seasons on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as a consulting producer and writer on the second season of Pushing Daisies. He made a cameo on Joss Whedon's web-based film, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, as "Professor Normal". He served as co-executive producer on the first season of the Netflix show Daredevil, and took over as showrunner for its second season alongside Marco Ramirez. In April 2016 Petrie and Ramirez were announced as showrunners of The Defenders, a miniseries that crosses over Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.

Early life

Petrie earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from William & Mary in 1985.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel credits

Petrie joined the Buffy writing staff in season three as a story editor. He was promoted to executive story editor in season four, co-producer in season five, supervising producer in season six, and finally co-executive producer midway through season seven.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

Comics

See also

References

  1. "The @Nerdist Writers Series for May ยป Meltdown, Inc". Meltcomics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. "Netflix Orders a Second Season of Marvel's Daredevil". Marvel.com. April 21, 2015. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. Strom, Marc (April 15, 2015). "Netflix Original Series 'Marvel's The Defenders' Finds Its Showrunners". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

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