Doran William Cannon (1937–2005) was an American writer and producer for film and television.
In 1965 he left New York City for Hollywood, where he wrote the original scripts for Otto Preminger's Skidoo (1968) and Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970).
After the film's release, Cannon wrote a column for The New York Times detailing the frustrations of his experience.
[2] His career later shifted towards television, where Cannon wrote the screen adaptation of Brave New World.
[3] Brave New World was directed by Burt Brinckerhoff[3] for Universal Television and first shown on NBC on 7 March 1980.