- Winner of the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985.
- Starting in 1987, Danna served as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto for five years.
- Older brother of Jeff Danna.
- Starting with Family Viewing (1987), Danna has served as the composer for every theatrically released film that Atom Egoyan has since directed.
- Mychael Danna & Jeff Beal won a 2005 Broadcast Music, Inc Award in the BMI TV Music Award category for their work on Medium (2005) .
- Won a 2008 Broadcast Music, Inc Award in the BMI TV Music Award category for his work on Medium (2005).
- Attended the University of Toronto, which is also the alma mater of Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian (Egoyan's wife and longtime collaborator), and Don McKellar (frequent Egoyan collaborator).
- Has been nominated for 13 Genie Awards. He was nominated for two separate Genie Awards in both 2006 (Water (2005) and Where the Truth Lies (2005)) and 1990 (Speaking Parts (1989) and Cold Comfort (1989)). Seven of those nominations were for films directed by Atom Egoyan.
- Composer Chair of The Slaight Family Music Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre (CFC).
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