Danny Cannon

Danny Cannon
Cannon at the 2017 WonderCon.
Born
Daniel John Cannon

(1968-10-05) 5 October 1968 (age 56)
Luton, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Director
  • executive producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1984–present
Known for

Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season[1][2] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series franchise (and directed multiple episodes including the series pilot), and simultaneously executive producing the CSI: Miami and CSI: NY spin-offs.

From 2014 to 2019, for the show's duration, Cannon executive produced, wrote and directed FOX's Gotham, which won the 2014 Critics Choice Award for Most Exciting New Series and received 11 Emmy nominations (one win).[3] In July 2019, his newest television production, Pennyworth, which Cannon co-created and executive produced with Bruno Heller, premiered on Epix, concluding in November 2022 on HBO Max.

As a TV entertainment figure[4] and a rare TV pilot 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 (2017), Gotham (2014), The Tomorrow People (2013), Nikita (2010), Dark Blue (2009), The Forgotten (2009), and Eleventh Hour (2008). At one time, Cannon had five television series on-air, while acting as executive producer.

Feature film directorial credits include Geostorm (2017),[5] I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Judge Dredd (1995), and The Young Americans (1993).

  1. ^ "The 'CSI' Franchise May Return To CBS". Deadline Hollywood. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ "'CSI' 2-Hour Finale Set with William Petersen, Ted Danson to Join 'CSI: Cyber'". Deadline Hollywood. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Danny Cannon Awards". imdb.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Gotham Exec Producer Danny Cannon Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros TV". Deadline Hollywood. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Danny Cannon taking over Gerard Butler's Geostorm". empireonline.com. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.