David Petrarca
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| Born | November 10, 1965 Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Occupations | Television director, Television producer, Theatre director, Film director, Producer, Writer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
David Petrarca (born November 10, 1965)[1] is an American director and producer of theatre, television and film.
He was a director at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from 1988 until 2005. His work as a director includes HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Big Love, Hung, and True Blood. Before for Apple TV, as well as Marco Polo, Jessica Jones and numerous other projects for Netflix. Other recent projects include The Alienist and Warrior. He worked as an executive producer on Death and Other Details, Those Who Kill, ABC series Eli Stone and Drop Dead Diva.
He was the recipient of a TCG/NEA Director Fellowship and has served as associate artistic director for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Chelsea Theatre Centre in New York City, and on the NEA Theatre Panel.
He has taught at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the O'Neill Center and Northwestern University and has developed new work for New York Stage and Film and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
In 1996, Petrarca was chosen by the Chicago Tribune as a "Chicagoan of the Year".
In 2006, he completed filming Save the Last Dance 2 for Paramount Pictures. As of mid-2017, he was working on the screenplay of Wendy MacLeod's Schoolgirl Figure, a film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers, as well as a film about the legendary mime, Marcel Marceau.
Selected works
[edit | edit source]As film director
[edit | edit source]- Save the Last Dance 2 (2006)
As television executive producer
[edit | edit source]- Death and Other Details (2024-)
- Those Who Kill (2014)
- Drop Dead Diva (2009)
- Eli Stone (2008–2009)
- Everwood (2004–2005)
As television director
[edit | edit source]As theatre director
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ David Petrarca Biography (1962-), Film Reference
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External links
[edit | edit source]- David Petrarca at IMDb
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- David Petrarca at the Internet Theatre Database
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