Douglas Petrie | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | College of William & Mary (BA) |
| Occupations | 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 . [1] 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. [2] 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 . [3]
Petrie earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from William & Mary in 1985.
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.