Paul Kieve was born on 1967 and is an English professional illusionist and whose consulting work for both stage and screen has contributed to changing how magical special effects in productions are approached.
14 Facts About Paul Kieve
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Paul Kieve is the only illusionist ever to have won a New York Drama Desk award.
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Paul Kieve created the illusions for the 2014 Kate Bush concert Before the Dawn.
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Paul Kieve was magic consultant on the 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for which he created a number of 'live' illusions including the floating spheres in the astronomy room and the self-folding marauders map.
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Paul Kieve appears in the film performing sleight of hand magic making candles multiply in his fingers in the Three Broomsticks.
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Paul Kieve is the only real life magician to perform magic in any of the Harry Potter films.
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Paul Kieve was magic consultant and instructor on Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo, based on the magician and film maker Georges Melies.
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Paul Kieve has acted as magic consultant to David Blaine, Arturo Brachetti, Geoffrey Durham, Dynamo, Jeff McBride and Dominic Wood.
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Paul Kieve worked with French artist Orlan on Woman with Head, Woman Without Head at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1996 and with multimedia artist Christian Jankowski on the short film The Flock in which he appeared.
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Paul Kieve worked with performance artist Rose English on Tantamount Esperance at the Royal Court Theatre and has collaborated with Marisa Carnesky on several projects including Carnesky's Burlesque Ghost Box for Duckie in 2002.
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Paul Kieve was magic consultant to Guinness World Records for its 2004 and 2005 magic sections, researching with other illusionists including Penn and Teller, David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy.
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Paul Kieve presented Grappling with Ghosts: Staging Ghost Effects in the Modern Theatre at the University of Westminster in 2009.
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Paul Kieve owns an extensive collection of historical magic memorabilia, some of which he loaned to the Hayward Gallery for its touring Magic Show exhibition.
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Paul Kieve is a consultant curator of The Magic Circle Museum.