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Danny Cannon(I)

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Danny Cannon in Judge Dredd (1995)
The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
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Danny Cannon is an Emmy-nominated film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing and directing Pennyworth (2019), Gotham (2014), Nikita (2010), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Judge Dredd (1995), and is responsible for executive producing the billion dollar CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) series franchise (which he directed the pilot of), along with the subsequent spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002) and CSI: NY (2004).

One of the top paid television directors in the entertainment industry and the only TV pilot director to also operate as a key writer, Cannon has directed 15 television pilots, 12 of which have been ordered to series including (in addition to the above): Training Day (2017), The Tomorrow People (2013), 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.

Cannon is currently the executive producer (and a writer/director) of FOX's superhero series Gotham (2014-2019), which won the Critics Choice Award for Most Exciting New Series in 2014. His newest endeavor, as of 2019, is a 10-episode straight-to-series Batman prequel for the Epix Network, titled Pennyworth (2019), which he is currently executive producing and writing/directing in London.
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

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Danny Cannon in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, and Danny Cannon in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Danny Cannon in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Danny Cannon in Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
Director Danny Cannon
Danny Cannon and Bruno Heller at an event for Gotham (2014)
Jada Pinkett Smith, Danny Cannon, Bruno Heller, John Stephens, Ben McKenzie, Robin Lord Taylor, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, and Cory Michael Smith at an event for Gotham (2014)
Danny Cannon, Bruno Heller, and John Stephens at an event for Gotham (2014)

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Elisabeth Shue and Ted Danson in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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TV Series
  • Producer
Sylvester Stallone in Judge Dredd (1995)
Judge Dredd
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  • Director
  • 1995
Gotham (2014)
Gotham
7.8
TV Series
  • Producer(showrunner)
Dylan McDermott, Nicki Aycox, Omari Hardwick, and Logan Marshall-Green in Dark Blue (2009)
Dark Blue
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Producer

  • Gotham Knights
    • In Production
  • Jack Bannon in Pennyworth (2019)
    Pennyworth
  • Troubled Times (2020)
    Troubled Times
  • Metropolis
    Metropolis
  • Gotham (2014)
    Gotham
    • (showrunner)
  • Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell in Training Day (2017)
    Training Day
  • The Lottery (2014)
    The Lottery
  • Peyton List, Luke Mitchell, and Robbie Amell in The Tomorrow People (2013)
    The Tomorrow People
  • Maggie Q in Nikita (2010)
    Nikita
  • The Tin Star
  • Sam Neill, Jorge Garcia, and Sarah Jones in Alcatraz (2012)
    Alcatraz
  • Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes in CSI: NY (2004)
    CSI: NY
  • Locked Down (2010)
    Locked Down
  • Dylan McDermott, Nicki Aycox, Omari Hardwick, and Logan Marshall-Green in Dark Blue (2009)
    Dark Blue
  • Christian Slater, Heather Stephens, and Michelle Borth in The Forgotten (2009)
    The Forgotten
  • Rufus Sewell in Eleventh Hour (2008)
    Eleventh Hour

Director

  • Gotham Knights
    • In Production
  • Run Like Hell
    • Pre-production
  • Jack Bannon in Pennyworth (2019)
    Pennyworth
  • Gotham (2014)
    Gotham
  • Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell in Training Day (2017)
    Training Day
  • The Lottery (2014)
    The Lottery
  • Peyton List, Luke Mitchell, and Robbie Amell in The Tomorrow People (2013)
    The Tomorrow People
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Maggie Q in Nikita (2010)
    Nikita
  • Sam Neill, Jorge Garcia, and Sarah Jones in Alcatraz (2012)
    Alcatraz
  • Dylan McDermott, Nicki Aycox, Omari Hardwick, and Logan Marshall-Green in Dark Blue (2009)
    Dark Blue
  • Jeremy Northam, Omar Gooding, Elisabeth Harnois, Lana Parrilla, and Mike Vogel in Miami Medical (2010)
    Miami Medical
  • Christian Slater, Heather Stephens, and Michelle Borth in The Forgotten (2009)
    The Forgotten
  • Rufus Sewell in Eleventh Hour (2008)
    Eleventh Hour
  • Garcelle Beauvais, Esai Morales, Michael Reilly Burke, Anson Mount, Gregory Silva, Darlene Vogel, David Hutchison, and Chloë Grace Moretz in The Cure (2007)
    The Cure
  • Elisabeth Shue and Ted Danson in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Capitol Law (2006)
    Capitol Law

Writer

  • Metropolis
    Metropolis
  • Jack Bannon in Pennyworth (2019)
    Pennyworth
  • Gotham (2014)
    Gotham
  • Dylan McDermott, Nicki Aycox, Omari Hardwick, and Logan Marshall-Green in Dark Blue (2009)
    Dark Blue
  • Elisabeth Shue and Ted Danson in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Björk: Volumen (1999)
    Björk: Volumen
    • (segment Play Dead)
  • Harvey Keitel in The Young Americans (1993)
    The Young Americans
  • Strangers
  • Play Dead
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    • 1968
    • Luton, England, UK
    • Nicole Cannon1997 - 2017 (divorced, 2 children)
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    Studied at the Centre of Arts in Hitchin, England.

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