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Reuben Cannon

Known for: Production

Biography: 1946-02-11 (78 years old)

Biography

Reuben Cannon (born February 11, 1946

) is an American film producer and casting director. Cannon was the first black casting director in Hollywood; he was the head of television casting for Warner Brothers from 1977 to 1978, and started his own casting agency in 1978 (Reuben Cannon & Associates). Through this company, he has cast nearly 100 television series, made-for-TV movies, and feature films. He won the Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film—Drama for The Color Purple, which was the feature film debut of Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey (both of whom earned Oscar nominations for these roles), and an early film of Danny Glover. Cannon has also worked as a producer on most of Tyler Perry's television shows and movies.

Filmography

all 77

Movies 73

Producer 18

TV Shows 4

self 1

Reuben Cannon

Biography

Filmography

all 77

Movies 73

Producer 18

TV Shows 4

self 1

Director 1

Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)

Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)

I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)

Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)

Meet the Browns (2008)

Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

House of Payne (2007)

Short Circuitz (2007)

Daddy's Little Girls (2007)

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004)

Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

After the Storm (2001)

The Princess & the Marine (2001)

Dancing in September (2001)

Under Suspicion (2000)

Down in the Delta (1998)

Vampires (1998)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)

Buffalo Soldiers (1997)

Good News (1997)

Death in Granada (1996)

Get on the Bus (1996)

Fly Away Home (1996)

Soul of the Game (1996)

Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)

Desperado (1995)

Village of the Damned (1995)

Blank Check (1994)

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)

For Their Own Good (1993)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)

Made in America (1993)

Trespass (1992)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991)

The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990)

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989)

The Heist (1989)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)

My First Love (1988)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)

My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985)

Hunter (1984)

My Little Pony (1984)

Sins of the Past (1984)

I Want to Live (1983)

Second Thoughts (1983)

Farrell: For the People (1982)

Death Hunt (1981)

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1946-02-11 (78 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Reuben Cannon & Associates

Awards
Artios Award