Chris Cannon

Chris Cannon is the writer and director behind the satirical Canada Party viral videos, featuring Canadian actor Brian Calvert imploring Americans to elect Canada their next president. The duo also wrote the bestselling book "America, but Better: the Canada Party Manifesto." Chris began his writing career as a music critic, working as a reporter and concert photographer for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Men's Journal, eventually authoring three books on the history of rock music. He's served as an editor at numerous publications, founded and ran Francis Ford Coppola's annual fiction contest for American Zoetrope, and created the series "Apocalypse Proof" for the Discovery Channel. During his undergraduate work at Columbia University and his graduate work at the University of Chicago and University of Virginia, Chris studied metaphor theory and American subcultures, spending two years jumping trains for his graduate dissertation. He also served as an infantry sergeant, combat correspondent, intelligence analyst, and counterterrorism specialist during his six years in the US Marine Corps, including a two-year posting at the White House. Chris is based in Vancouver, Canada, where he works as a writer and actor and teaches writing and journalism at the University of British Columbia.