Anthony Owen
Encyclopedia
Anthony Owen is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s most prolific and influential magical creators, writers and producers. His original magical effects, routines and ideas have been featured by performers around the world and he has acted as a consultant for numerous performers and theatre
, film
and television
productions. He is the author of over twenty books on magic, including Some Tricks, Some More Tricks and The Sticky Blue Book. He is also the BAFTA and Rose D'or
award winning producer of over one hundred hours of television magic shows including The Quick Trick Show, Routes of Magic - In Search of the Indian Rope Trick, Monkey Magic, Magick, Thomas Solomon: Escape Artist, The Real Hustle
, Dirty Tricks, Deathwish Live, Seven Stupidest Things To Escape From, Secrets of Magic, Undercover Magic, The Secret World of Magic and all of Derren Brown
’s ten specials and five series. Until recently he was a monthly columnist for MAGIC magazine
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Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
productions. He is the author of over twenty books on magic, including Some Tricks, Some More Tricks and The Sticky Blue Book. He is also the BAFTA and Rose D'or
Rose d'Or
The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
award winning producer of over one hundred hours of television magic shows including The Quick Trick Show, Routes of Magic - In Search of the Indian Rope Trick, Monkey Magic, Magick, Thomas Solomon: Escape Artist, The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alexis Conran and Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters Conran, Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement...
, Dirty Tricks, Deathwish Live, Seven Stupidest Things To Escape From, Secrets of Magic, Undercover Magic, The Secret World of Magic and all of Derren Brown
Derren Brown
Derren Victor Brown is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat...
’s ten specials and five series. Until recently he was a monthly columnist for MAGIC magazine
Magic (magazine)
MAGIC, also known as The Magazine for Magicians, is an independent magazine for magicians that is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. A creation of Stan Allen, magician, it debuted in September 1991, with its first issue featuring Lance Burton on the cover, and over the years it has also featured David...
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