{{Short description|American producer and casting director (born 1946)}} '''Reuben Cannon''' (born February 11, 1946<ref name=":0"> {{cite journal | last1 = LaBalle | first1 = Candace | title = Cannon, Reuben | journal = Contemporary Black Biography | volume = 50 | pages = 27–30 | date = 2005 }} </ref> ) 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hooks |first1=Theresa Fambro |title=Reuben Cannon to receive special 'Touching the Spirit' honor |work=Chicago Defender |date=November 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reuben Cannon's Biography|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/reuben-cannon-40|access-date=2021-02-25|website=The HistoryMakers|language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography (selected) ==
* ''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) * ''The Family That Preys'' (2008) * ''Meet the Browns'' (2008) * ''Why Did I Get Married?'' (2007) * ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007) * ''Madea's Family Reunion'' (2006) * ''Diary Of A Mad Black Woman'' (2005) * ''Woman Thou Art Loosed'' (2004) * ''Love Don't Cost a Thing'' (2003) * ''Dancing in September'' (2000)
== Awards (selected) ==
* Humanitas, Film Award, for ''Dancing in September'' (nomination), 2001<ref name=":0" /> * The Chrysler Group, Behind the Lens Award, 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind the Lens Award |url=http://www.blackfilm.com/20080307/features/behindthelens.shtml |website=www.blackfilm.com |access-date=26 February 2021}}</ref> * Morehouse College, honorary doctorate, 2002<ref>{{cite journal |title=Homecoming Conference and Showcase |journal=Morehouse Magazine |date=2004 |pages=12 |url=https://issuu.com/morehousemagazine/docs/spring_summer_2004}}</ref> * Artios Award, Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama, 1986<ref>{{cite web |title=1986 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1986 |website=www.castingsociety.com |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715060425/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1986 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm0134253}}
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