Reuben Cannon (born February 11, 1946[1]
) 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.[2] 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.[3]
ReubenCannon (born February 11, 1946 ) is an American film producer and casting director. Cannon was the first black casting director in Hollywood; he...
Schultz and written by Stan Foster. It was produced by Stan Foster and ReubenCannon. It is the 44th film or series directed by Schultz and is adapted from...
Perry Based on Diary of a Mad Black Woman by Tyler Perry Produced by ReubenCannon Tyler Perry Starring Kimberly Elise Steve Harris Shemar Moore Cicely...
casting call for The Color Purple when she was spotted by the producer ReubenCannon and she was called back for more casting calls. She was given the role...
Based on Madea Goes to Jail by Tyler Perry Produced by Tyler Perry ReubenCannon Starring Tyler Perry Derek Luke Keshia Knight Pulliam Ion Overman RonReaco...
Executive producers Earl Hamner, Jr. Don Sipes Oprah Winfrey Producers ReubenCannon Stan Kallis Editors Dann Cahn Quinnie Martin, Jr. Joe Morrisey Camera...
written and directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood, who also produced with ReubenCannon and Don Kurt. It stars Nicole Ari Parker and Isaiah Washington, alongside...
Mary Goldberg • Sixteen Candles, Jackie Burch • A Soldier's Story, ReubenCannon • The Natural, Ellen Chenoweth • Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai, Terry...
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American comedian who...
Oprah Winfrey, executive producers; Karen Hall, supervising producer; Patricia K. Meyer and ReubenCannon, producers; Barbara Black, line producer ABC...
Francisco, Banacek, Cannon, The Rockford Files and Starsky and Hutch. His film appearances include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Reuben, Reuben (1983) and Tune...
Boyz II Men and lead singer of Az Yet and also signed ReubenCannon, younger brother of Nick Cannon.[citation needed] In 2020 Concore partner with Vietnamese...
Utah from 1997 to 2009. Cannon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and attended Brigham Young University (BYU) as well as J. Reuben Clark Law School of BYU...