Sean Patrick Cannon
Encyclopedia
Sean Patrick Cannon is an American
Director
and Writer
based in Sherman Oaks, California
, best known for the film American High School
.
and moved to Los Angeles
, California
when he was 21 years old, to attend the American Film Institute
. He also studied at Franklin & Marshall College
, Vassar College
, Rutgers University
, Princeton University
, and in the UK at the University of East Anglia
. He separated from the American Film Institute
in 2005.
In 2007 came American High School, a feature-comedy he wrote and directed, starring Laguna Beach alum Talan Torriero, with Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day
. The movie also stars Pirates of the Caribbean's Martin Klebba
and American Pie's Nikki Ziering.
Cannon's films, while not sequential, are almost always based around a female protagonist, against the world, with a dysfunctional family
& romantic life.
United States
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Director
Film director
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and Writer
Writer
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based in Sherman Oaks, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, best known for the film American High School
American High School (film)
American High School is a 2009 direct-to-DVD coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Sean Patrick Cannon and starring Jillian Murray, Aubrey O'Day, Talan Torriero and Martin Klebba. It was released on April 7, 2009 in the US...
.
Work as Director
Cannon was born in New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
when he was 21 years old, to attend the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
. He also studied at Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....
, Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
, Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, and in the UK at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
. He separated from the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
in 2005.
In 2007 came American High School, a feature-comedy he wrote and directed, starring Laguna Beach alum Talan Torriero, with Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day
Aubrey O'Day
Aubrey Morgan O'Day is an American singer, actress, fashion designer, television personality, and former member of the girl group Danity Kane...
. The movie also stars Pirates of the Caribbean's Martin Klebba
Martin Klebba
Martin Klebba is an American actor and stunt performer. Klebba has a form of dwarfism called acromicric dysplasia; he is 4'1" tall.-Early life:Klebba was born and grew up in Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School.-Film:...
and American Pie's Nikki Ziering.
Cannon's films, while not sequential, are almost always based around a female protagonist, against the world, with a dysfunctional family
Dysfunctional family
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often abuse on the part of individual members occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is...
& romantic life.