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Cannon's immersion into primetime television began when he was hired by
Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British
''Young Filmmaker of the Year Award'', by Alan Parker, with a 40-minute short called ''Sometimes''. 1988-1990 he attended the film
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and television
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producer, director
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and writer
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, known for executive producing the 15-season show ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'' series franchise (and directed multiple episodes including the series pilot), and simultaneously executive producing the ''CSI: Miami
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'' and ''CSI: NY
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'' spinoffs.
From 2014 to 2019, for the show's duration, Cannon executive produced, wrote and directed FOX
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's '' Gotham'', which won the 2014 Critics Choice Award
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for Most Exciting New Series and received 11 Emmy
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nominations (one win). In July 2019, his newest television production, '' Pennyworth'', premiered on Epix
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.
As a TV entertainment figure and a rare TV pilot
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director who also works as a key writer, Cannon has directed 15 television pilots, 12 of which have been ordered to series, including: ''Training Day
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'' (2017), '' Gotham'' (2014), ''The Tomorrow People
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The theme music was c ...
'' (2013), ''Nikita
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'' (2010), '' Dark Blue'' (2009), '' The Forgotten'' (2009), and ''Eleventh Hour
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'' (2008). At one time, Cannon had five television series on-air, while acting as executive producer.
Feature film directorial credits include ''Geostorm
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'' (2017), ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 1998 slasher film directed by Danny Cannon and written by Trey Callaway. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Muse Watson reprise their roles, with Brandy, Mekhi Phifer and Matthew Settle jo ...
'' (1998), ''Judge Dredd
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'' (1995), and ''The Young Americans
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'' (1993).
Career
Early career
Cannon began making films at the age of 16 in 1984, and started a youth experimental theatre group at 33 Arts Centre making video dramas with a number of other directors in different roles, including cameraman. A major influence was the centre's video maker, Dermot Byrne, with whom Cannon worked on a number of projects. Aged 23, he met musicianDavid Arnold
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who played in a band that rehearsed there. Cannon convinced Arnold to compose soundtracks for his and other people's videos. Arnold's first professional score was for Cannon's debut feature 'The Young Americans'.
In 1987, he won the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...National Film and Television School
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. His intermediate film, 'Play Dead' was screened on Channel 4 while his graduation film ''Strangers'' (1990) appeared at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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.
1990s
Cannon worked on commercials for James Garrett and later RSA, and made his debut feature ''The Young Americans
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'' in (1993). His second film, the big-budget Sylvester Stallone
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feature ''Judge Dredd
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'' was not well received critically in 1995. In 1998 he directed two features, the teen slasher film ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
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'' and he directed Ray Liotta
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, Anjelica Huston
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and Jeremy Piven
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in ''Phoenix
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''.
2000s
Cannon's immersion into primetime television began when he was hired by Jerry Bruckheimer
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to produce and direct the pilot episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'' in 2000. Cannon is credited with creating the look and visual style of the '' CSI'', which ran for 15 seasons, earning a total of 39 Emmy
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nominations and spawning three spinoff shows. He went on to write and direct many episodes of the flagship series, while overseeing the production as executive producer. Simultaneously, he also executive produced both ''CSI: Miami
''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...
'', which premiered in 2003 (and directed the pilot of), and ''CSI: NY
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'' (2004).
Stemming from his personal passion and experience with the sport of football, in 2005, Cannon directed the film '' Goal!''.
In 2006, he returned to television with the CBS
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television pilot
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, ''Capital Law'', about a group of legal associates trying to make partner at a powerful Washington, D.C.
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–based law firm.
In 2007, Cannon co-created TNT
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's crime drama
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series starring Dylan McDermott
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called '' Dark Blue'' and directed the pilot episode. The following year he produced and directed 'The Eleventh Hour' for CBS, which ran for one season.
In 2010, Cannon joined The CW
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action
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series ''Nikita
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* Nikita (given name)
* Nikita, Crimea, a town in Crimea
* Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore
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*''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film
* ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), also known as ''Nikita'', a 19 ...
'', as director and executive producer. It successfully ran for four seasons on the network.
In 2011, he executive produced and directed the pilot FOX
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crime
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/mystery
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series ''Alcatraz
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'' along with J. J. Abrams
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for WBTV
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.
In 2016, Cannon was brought on to direct reshoots for the feature film ''Geostorm
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'', in an attempt to help save the studios over budget production.
In 2017, Cannon replaced feature film director Antoine Fuqua
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for a TV version of Fuqua's film ''Training Day
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'', starring Bill Paxton
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, based on the 2001 Denzel Washington
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feature film. He stayed on as the show's executive producer.
From 2014 to 2018, Cannon executive produced the television series '' Gotham'', for which he directed the pilot of, along with writing and directing several episodes during the series' five-year run. Under Cannon's creative guidance, the show has been nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Award
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s, and in 2017 won its first Emmy for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.
In 2018, it was announced that ''Gotham'' would produce its fifth and final season, which premiered in 2019.
Partnering with his ''Gotham'' writer-producer partner Bruno Heller
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, Cannon is currently producing '' Pennyworth'', a Batman-esque prequel set in 1960s London, which documents the early years of Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth
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. Cannon executive produces and writes along with Heller, and has directed multiple episodes, including the series premiere, which have aired on Epix
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.
Filmography
Television
Film
Awards and nominations
Personal life
Cannon has two daughters. He plays football regularly withHollywood United F.C.
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, a local Los Angeles club team consisting of mostly celebrities and former professional footballers, who play socially against other local teams for friendly matches and charity events.
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