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Consulting
JOHN THOMPSON
Magic Consultant, Technical Advisor Credits
Johnny Thompson has been a consultant on Criss Angel's MindFreak television series since the first episode. If you want to know why Criss (and Lance Burton, Penn & Teller, and so many others) choose John, watch MindFreak on A&E.
John Thompson directs Vincent Price in "The Raven". Watch the video (Windows Media, 20MB)
John Thompson, in the capacity of magic technical advisor, consultant and coach he has provided material for several television productions including "Hart to Hart," "Fantasy Island," "One Day at a Time" and "Beyond Westworld." His film credits include Michael Ritchie's new film version of Off-Broadway's longest running musical, "The Fantistiks," Norman Jewison's family film, "Bogus," Turner Broadcasting's cable release, "Houdini-Believe" and the Siegfried and Roy 3-D Imax film, "The Magic Box."
As a theatrical special effects designer and consultant he has invented and presented a variety of unique optical illusions for trade shows, industrial shows and theme parks. Bush Garden's Williamsburg production of "The Ghost of the Globe," a Shakespearean fantasy with over thirty-five unique special effects, was Thompson's initial venture into theme park attractions. Many of his original optical illusions and special effects techniques have been featured in theme parks, the Smithsonian Institute, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and hundreds of trade shows, including the White House Conference on "The Industrial World Ahead Congress."
John has written and produced several magical themed revue shows for the Nevada gaming industry. Among the latter were "Excitement 79" for John Asquga's Nugget in Sparks Nevada, "Les Sorcery," an award winning magical revue for Reno's Club Cal Neva and "Kaleidoscope," a black-light revue for the Las Vegas M.G.M. Grand's hotel & Casino's "Grand Adventures" theme park.
As a magical consultant and illusion designer he has written, developed and or provided material for magicians Siegfried and Roy, Penn and Teller, Doug Henning and magic's newest rising star, Lance Burton.
John was a member of the magic staff for Penn & Teller's "Sin City Spectacular" cable series and one of the writers for the Lance Burton magic specials. He's penned the instruction sheets for Marshall Brodien's TV Magic Cards and TV Magic Sets and recently completed the illusion designing, consulting and directing of all the magic sequences for the Sun City, South Africa extravaganza, "Beyond Belief," which completed an unprecedented two-year run.
