{{short description|American television director}} {{Infobox person |name = |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/danger-force-director-and-st-louis-native-mike-caron-is-filming-shows-remotely-33951561|title=Danger Force Director and St. Louis Native Mike Caron Is Filming Shows, Remotely|first=Judy|last=Lucas|website=Riverfront Times|date=August 13, 2022|access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref> |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = Television director |years_active = 1994–present |spouse = |domestic_partner = }}
'''Michael Caron''' is an American [[television director]] and owner of production company Mike Caron Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/mike-caron-production-company-monster-kid-detective-squad-1235153554/|last=White|first=Peter|title=Mike Caron Launches Production Company 'Monster Kid Detective Squad' – Deadline|date=October 24, 2022|access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Caron began his career as an actor on the [[CBS]] television show ''[[Young and the Restless]]'' from 1995 to 1996. Caron was then asked to become a stage manager on ''[[Passions]]'', despite having no background as a stage manager. After receiving more work on soap operas, he became associate director on Nickelodeon’s ''[[Drake & Josh]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/2021/08/23/mike-carons-journey-from-soap-actor-to-nickelodeon-director/|last=Whyte|first=Alexandra|title=Mike Caron's journey from soap actor to Nickelodeon director|publisher=[[Brunico Communications|KidScreen]]|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref> He later went on to continue working with [[Schneider's Bakery]] on ''[[Zoey 101]]'', ''[[iCarly]]'', ''[[Victorious]]'', and ''[[Sam & Cat]]''.
While working on ''[[Henry Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/stl-native-directing-new-nickelodeon-tv-series/article_e36adab4-3589-5654-88d7-f4eb9ec1e76e.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025025110/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/stl-native-directing-new-nickelodeon-tv-series/article_e36adab4-3589-5654-88d7-f4eb9ec1e76e.html|url-status=dead|title=STL native directing new Nickelodeon TV series|first=Joe|last=Holleman|archivedate=October 25, 2022|website=STLtoday.com}}</ref> and ''[[Game Shakers]]'' he started directing episodes of the shows. He later went on to direct ''[[Danger Force]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/danger-force-nickelodeon-quarantine-special-1234602009/|title=At Nickelodeon, 'Danger Force' Seizes Tough Mission|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> In addition, Caron has directed a short film The Pick-Up. He later went on to be an executive producer for the live action series ''[[The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder]]'' based on the animated series ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/interview-director-mike-caron-fairly-oddparents/|title=Exclusive: Mike Caron Reflects Back on Directing The Fairly OddParents and Danger Force|first=Alexander|last=Navarro|date=April 16, 2022|website=MovieWeb|access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.mikecaronproductions.com}} *{{IMDb name|0139143}}
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