Graham Petrie (writer)
Graham Petrie (born 1939) is a retired Scottish-Canadian academic and writer,[1] most notably a literature and film studies professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[2]
He was born in Penang, Malaya to Scottish parents, and was raised and educated primarily in Scotland.[1] He initially joined McMaster as a professor of English,[3] with his academic focus evolving toward film during his time with the institution.
In addition to his academic works he published the novel Seahorse in 1980,[4] and was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1981.[1] In 1996, Soho Press published his second novel The Siege[5] simultaneously with a reissue of Seahorse.[1] He also published the short story "Village Theatre" in John Robert Colombo's 1981 anthology Not to Be Taken at Night.[6]
Works
Nonfiction
- The Cinema of François Truffaut (1970)[7]
- History Must Answer to Man: The Contemporary Hungarian Cinema (1981)[2]
- Hollywood Destinies: European Directors in America, 1922-1931 (1986)[8]
- Before the Wall Came Down: Soviet and East European Filmmakers Working in the West (1990)[2]
- Johnston, Vida T.; Petrie, Graham (1997). The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. ISBN 0-253-20887-4.[2]
Fiction
- Seahorse (1980)
- The Siege (1995)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Double the impact". Toronto Star, June 17, 1995.
- ^ a b c d Stephen Broomer, Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board. University of Toronto Press, 2016. ISBN 9781442647787.
- ^ "Historian says Bergman one of few authentic movie geniuses". Toronto Star, January 13, 1976.
- ^ "2 first novels take us into fable, myth". Toronto Star, October 24, 1981.
- ^ "16th century fantasy has cruel twist". Toronto Star, January 20, 1996.
- ^ "A serving of chillers for the scary season". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 1981.
- ^ "Wild Child: Truffaut's return to greatness". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1971.
- ^ "Crossed cultures in Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, February 22, 1986.
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