Biography

Michael Mike Canon alchemizes raw human emotion into cinematic stories that resonate, reverberate, and inspire. As the son of immigrants who survived persecution and war, Canon was raised on stories that fused survival with imagination--fueling a directorial lens shaped by magic, wonder, and love.

His 35mm thesis, When a Flame Stands Still, got him support from BAFTA, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and won him a spot on Variety's "Top Students to Watch." His 16mm short, Ca·dence premiered at Dances With Films, received First Place Experimental at the USA Film Festival, was featured by the Red Cross in Japan, and helped raise money for veterans and their families across the United States of America.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, Canon founded Stand Still Studios LLC, a hyper-media imagination engine that captures the real, creates the realm, and delivers the magical through multiple artistic mediums.

Canon's 16mm documentary film, In One Day--filmed in a war zone--is being released in the Fall of 2025. While directing scripted films & documentaries, he is releasing an interactive book series and premiering an exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance.

When he's not transmuting emotions, Canon can be found performing dance routines, upholstering his own furniture, and mentoring the next generation of storytellers at Holocaust Museum L.A.
- IMDb mini biography by: CAA

His middle name is actually Mike.