Executive Director1Future
Cannon Hersey is a media entrepreneur, visual artist, filmmaker and organizer of large-scale cultural platforms in New York City, Sao Paulo, Miami, Tokyo, Houston, Hiroshima and Johannesburg. Through TV and art, Hersey connects to mass public audiences in unique and unexpected ways to explore the solutions to the issues of our time.
Over the past six years, Hersey has been a producer, writer and host of 5 NHK television programs made about the legacy of his grandfather, writer John Hersey and Cannon’s work addressing social issues through art. An Executive Producer and Producer of a dramatic content in development on Eleanor Roosevelt and John Hersey.
For twenty-five years, Hersey creates artworks rooted in 35 mm photography, fabric arts and printmaking. Hersey has exhibited at Lincoln Center, the collection of Kim Esteve, and MoCADA.
Hersey founded 501C3 CrossPathCulture (CPC) in 1999 and for profit media companies 1Future (1future.com) and Eleanor Media Development in 2020