{{Short description|Canadian actor and filmmaker}} {{Infobox person | name = Ben Petrie | image = File:Ben Petrie-4.jpg | caption = Petrie at the 2025 Berlinale | birth_place = | education = | occupation = Filmmaker | years_active = | known_for = ''Dead Lover'', ''The Heirloom'', Her Friend Adam }}
'''Ben Petrie''' is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.<ref>[https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/ben-petrie/ "Twenty Five New Faces of Independent Film: Ben Petrie"]. ''Filmmaker Magazine'', 2016.</ref>
==Career== He is a producer, co-writer and actor in ''Dead Lover'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program Guide {{!}} 2025 Sundance Film Festival |url=https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6753366c68b8b71f7cfe60d4 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=festival.sundance.org}}</ref> which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and had its Canadian Premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elfadl |first=Murtada |date=2025-02-03 |title=‘Dead Lover’ Review: Macabre Attempt to Keep a Lost Romance Alive Is Both Entertaining and Inventive |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/dead-lover-review-1236294196/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> He stars in ''Honey Bunch'', which premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/471529 |title= The Berlinale announces the first Berlinale Special, Panorama and Generation titles |first= Vassilis |last= Economou |date= December 17, 2024|access-date= December 30, 2024 |website= Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref>
His feature directorial debut, ''The Heirloom'', premiered in 2024 at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam.<ref>Taimur Sikander Mirza, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/01/10/ben-petries-the-heirloom-to-world-premiere-at-iffr/ "Ben Petrie's The Heirloom to world premiere at IFFR"]. ''Playback'', January 10, 2024.</ref> It was named as one of The 10 Best Canadian Films of 2024<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-26 |title=The 10 best Canadian films of 2024, a year on the cusp of confidence and crisis |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-best-canadian-films-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref> by The Globe and Mail.
He is the writer and director of the short film ''Her Friend Adam'',<ref name="hn">Alex Southey, [http://hnmag.ca/review/her-friend-adam-review-2/ "Her Friend Adam (Review)"]. ''Hollywood North Magazine'', January 17, 2017.</ref> which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizov |first=Vadim |date=2016-07-25 |title=Ben Petrie - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/ben-petrie/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}</ref> and was named Best Comedy of 2016 by Vimeo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of the Year Award Winners 2016 |url=https://vimeo.com/channels/bestoftheyear2016 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=vimeo.com |language=en}}</ref> The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.<ref name="topten2016">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiff-canada-top-10-films-2016-1.3884421 "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"]. CBC News, December 7, 2016.</ref>
As an actor he has also performed in ''BlackBerry,'' ''Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie'', ''Tito,'' and ''The All Golden''.
==Personal Life== Petrie is married to his frequent collaborator Grace Glowicki.<ref>Johanna Schneller, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/filmmaker-grace-glowicki-on-breaking-norms-and-the-secret-to-shooting-13-15-pages-of-script-a-day-1.6026704 "Filmmaker Grace Glowicki on breaking norms and the secret to shooting 13-15 pages of script a day"]. CBC Arts, May 14, 2021.</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|5111471}}
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