Honorary Members of Semarang Magic Community

Tim Ellis (Australia)

Last update: 20 September 2011

Magical Accolades:

Editor and Publisher of ‘Australian Magic Monthly’ – National Magic Magazine (1989-1998)

Co-Editor and Publisher of ‘AMM 2000’ – National Magic Magazine (2000) with Sue-Anne Webster

Regular columnist in Genii Magazine and featured in MAGIC, Aladin & Inovator, The Magic, M-U-M, Magic Seen and many other magic publications

Owner of Bernard’s Magic Shop – Australia’s Oldest Magic Shop (1992-1997)

Tim has presented magic lectures throughout the world with Sue-Anne Webster and has published the following lecture notes and effects:

• The Secret Diary of Tim Ellis (1992)

• Ellis in Wonderland (2000)

• 24 Years of Living Next Door to Ellis (2001)

• Runaround Sue (2001)

• The Tim Card Poker Deal (2005)

• Perplexity (2010)

Producer of 18 Magic Teaching Videos – ‘Bernard’s Teaching Series’ (1994) with Bryan Wood

Producer of ‘Ellis in Wonderland’, ’24 Years of Living Next Door to Ellis’ and ‘Cunning Stunts’ DVDs (2004) with Sue-Anne Webster and ‘Runaround Sue’ DVD (2004)

Appeared on over 100 TV shows, magazines and press articles.

Featured in several books including ‘The Two of Us’, ‘Deception Downunder’ and ‘'Dictionnaire de la Prestidigitation' 

Creator of ‘MagicSports’ (1991) Improvised magic games to inspire creativity

Producer of ‘Junior Magicians Club’, ‘Magic School’ and ‘Magic Unlimited’s TAFE Magic School’

Producer of ‘The Catchpenny Club’ variety TV series (2010)

Magic Consultant on several TV shows, commercials and feature films.

Creator of several touring magic shows for schools:

• Magic Unlimited (1985)

• Spellbinder (1989) with Wendy Richards

• Every Trick in the Book (1990) with Peter Gray and Christof!!

• Dreamweaver (1991)

• Pure Magic (1994) with Michael Boyd

• Magic Unlimited’s Best Show Ever (1999) with Sue-Anne Webster

Chairman and Producer of several National Magic Conventions

FISM Jury member and Judge for many magic competitions throughout Asia.

Creator and Producer of ‘Magic Week’ – National Arts Festival in Australia (1986-1994)

Escaped from a wooden trunk in the Yarra River on National TV (1989)

Escaped from a wooden coffin buried alive on National TV (1988)

Creator and Producer of ‘The Melbourne Magic Festival’ (2008 - present) and several Festival shows including:

• Wizards of Aus (2008) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Illusionarium (2008) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Ellis in Wonderland (2009) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Illusionarium 2010 (2010) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Two Out Of A Hat ( with Sue-Anne Webster

• Something About Needles & Razorblades (2008)

• AspyCadabra (2009)

Winner of many magic awards internationally including:

• Best Stage Magician in Australia

• Best Close Up Magician in Australia

• Best Trick in Australia

• Special Prize of the Jury (FISM 1991)

• 2^nd Prize, Micro Magic (FISM 1994)

• MVP Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic (2001) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Nominated Lecturers of the Year, Magic Castle (2006) with Sue-Anne Webster

• Guinness World Record, World’s Longest Magic Show (75 hours)

Tim Ellis not only performs for the public at private and corporate events, he is also heavily in demand entertaining and educating his fellow magicians at major Magic Conferences and Events throughout the world including:

• FISM  - The World Championships of Magic (Den Haag & Dresden)

• The World Magic Seminar (Las Vegas)

• Hank Lee's Cape Cod Conclave (Cape Cod)

• The International Battle of Magicians (Canton)

• Columbus MagiFest (Columbus)

• FFFF - Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic (Batavia)

• The Winter Carnival of Magic (Gatlingurg)

• The South African Magic Championships (Capetown)

• The IBM National Convention (Salt Lake City)

• The SAM National Convention (Milwaukee)

• Lee Eun-Gyeol's Magic Concert (Seoul)

• The Magic Castle (Hollywood)

Personal Profile:

1. Trained as Swinburne Film and Television School. (1981-1982)

2. In 2007 he was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome

3. Collaborator and mentor for the Swinburne University project ‘Aspergion’ investigating Asperger’s Syndrome

More information: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ellis

Words of Encouragement for Semarang Magic Community:

"Magic is still the most unexplored art form of all. It’s a vast frontier of creativity yet to be discovered. Don’t be limited by what people have done before you but use their work as a springboard to leap into the great unknown and reveal the full potential of theatrical magic." (Tim Ellis, 19 September 2011, via email).

[Sulap masih merupakan seni yang paling belum tereksplorasi dibandingkan dengan seni lain. Sulap adalah medan kreativitas luas yang menunggu untuk ditemukan. Jangan terbatasi oleh apa yang orang-orang lain sudah lakukan namun gunakan karya mereka sebagai papan lompatan untuk melompat ke hal-hal hebat yang belum diketahui dan menyibak potensi sulap teater sepenuhnya] (Tim Ellis, 20 September 2011, melalui email).

 

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