Danny Cannon
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| Born | 1968 (age 48–49) Luton, England |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, director & producer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Danny Cannon (born 1968, in Luton, England) is a British film and television writer, director and producer.
Cannon began making films at the age of 16 in 1984, and started a youth experimental theatre group at 33 Arts Centre. Using the centre's facilities, he was a prolific director of video dramas and collaborated 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. It was at 33 that he met the future film composer David Arnold who played in a band that rehearsed there. Cannon convinced Arnold that he could compose soundtracks for his and other people's videos. Arnold would later compose his first professional score for Cannon's debut feature 'The Young Americans'.
In 1987 he was awarded the BBC Young Filmmaker of the Year Award by Alan Parker for a 40-minute short called Sometimes. Parker suggested he attend National Film and Television School in 1988, from which he graduated in 1990. His intermediate film, 'Play Dead' was screened on channel 4, a rare honor for a student still at the school. He then wrote and directed his graduation film Strangers (1990) which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Cannon's professional career began with commercials for James Garrett and later RSA. This led to his debut feature The Young Americans (1993), he signed on to direct the big-budget film Judge Dredd (1995), starring Sylvester Stallone. Since then he has also directed Phoenix (1998), and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).
Beginning in 2000, he has directed and produced the pilot for C.S.I for CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer. He was asked to stay with the show as an executive producer and went on to write many episode and direct many more.CSI television series.In 2003 he directed the pilot to CSI: Miami, in 2004 he then directed the pilot to CSI: New York.
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