Daniel John Cannon (born 5 October 1968) is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season
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). 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 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:
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