Doran William Cannon
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Doran William Cannon was born in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Columbia College. While working on his M.B.A. at Columbia University, which he received in 1962, he made his first film, Going Up. Several years later he wrote, produced, and directed his first feature, The Square Root of Zero (1964). In 1965 he left New York for Hollywood, where he wrote the original scripts for Skidoo
(1968) and Brewster McCloud
(1971). Cannon wrote Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively and taught creative writing.
Skidoo (film)
Skidoo is an American comedy film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jackie Gleason and Carol Channing, written by Doran William Cannon and released by Paramount Pictures on December 19, 1968...
(1968) and Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie, directed by Robert Altman, about a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings so he can fly. He is helped by his fairy godmother, played by Sally Kellerman....
(1971). Cannon wrote Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively and taught creative writing.