Douglas Petrie is an Americanscreenwriter,director, andproducer. Best known as a writer, director, and co-executive producer onBuffy the Vampire Slayer. He co-wrote the screenplays for theFantastic Four film andHarriet the Spy. He has also written for the television showsAngel,The 4400,Tru Calling andAmerican Horror Story: Coven. He served as a co-executive producer and writer for two seasons onCSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as a consulting producer and writer on the second season ofPushing Daisies.^[1] He made a cameo onJoss Whedon's web-based film,Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, as "Professor Normal". He served as co-executive producer on thefirst season of theNetflix showDaredevil, and took over asshowrunner for itssecond season alongsideMarco Ramirez.^[2] In April 2016 Petrie and Ramirez were announced as showrunners ofThe Defenders, a miniseries thatcrosses overDaredevil,Jessica Jones,Luke Cage, andIron Fist.^[3]

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

Petrie joined theBuffy 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.

• "Revelations"
• "Bad Girls"
• "Enemies"
• "The Initiative"
• "This Year's Girl"
• "The Yoko Factor"
• "No Place Like Home"
• "Fool for Love"
• "Checkpoint" (co-written withJane Espenson)
• "The Weight of the World"
• "Flooded" (also director; co-written with Jane Espenson)
• "As You Were" (also director)
• "Two to Go"
• "Beneath You"
• "Bring on the Night" (co-written withMarti Noxon)
• "Get It Done" (also director)
• "End of Days" (co-written with Jane Espenson)

• "In the Dark"
• "The Trial" (teleplay; co-written withTim Minear from a story byDavid Greenwalt)

• Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1937
• Nikki Goes Down!
• Double Cross
• Bad Dog
• Living Doll
• Ring of Fire

• Mutant Enemy Productions

• Doug Petrie atIMDb