Paul Gordon (magician)
Paul Gordon (born 1961) is an English magician, entertainer, author, lecturer and tutor. He is an associate member of The Inner Magic Circle. Paul is also a long-standing member (since 1976) of the Sussex Magic Circle (he was its president in 2000) and member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Biography
Paul Gordon is known for his books on card magic and memoirs of other magicians (Edward G. Brown, Percy Naldrett & Victor Farelli), as well as reprints of out-of-print classics by Ralph Hull, Rusduck, Ed Marlo, Stanley Collins and Eddie Joseph; all published by his company Natzler Enterprises.
As a professional entertainer, Paul Gordon travels the world entertaining at weddings, parties, dinners, banquets, receptions, trade shows and all types of corporate hospitality. Although he has worked for royalty and celebrities, he enjoys entertaining the general public most of all.
Aside from publishing and performing, he teaches & coaches other magicians (tuition & lectures) on the art of sleight-of-hand card magic. He also teaches actors and technicians for film, television and theatre. In 2004, his hands were on a television commercial on Showtime Arabia. And, Paul was on Channel 4 T.V in 2005 on a show AbOUT a bespoke family. Paul gave personal tuition for actor Mark Benton for his new television series Fallen Angel. Paul has lectured all over the world; Tannen's Jubilee (1997), The Magic Circle (4 times since 1995), The IBM Convention, worldwide provincial clubs, The Berlin Symposium (with Tommy Wonder) and most recently (2008) at 4F's (FFFF) in New York.
He has contributed tricks to Genii, The Linking Ring, Magic, Apocalypse, Precursor, The Conjurer, Abacus, LaBal, The Budget, Abracadabra, The Magic Circular, and Onyx magazines and also to books by Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini and Harry Lorayne's Best Of Friends, Vol. 3. He has also released a few DVD's (notably Paul Gordon - Live In Action and Card Startlers) and marketed tricks such as The Gordon Diary Trick, Twin Peeks, Dazzler, Emulsion Cards, Boom Baby Boom(er), The New Magician's Insurance Policy, 'Effin Cannibals and Corner of Piccadilly.
Published works
- The Card Magic Of Paul Gordon (Natzler Enterprises, 1994)
- Nocturnal Creations (Natzler Enterprises, 1996)
- Protean Card Magic (Natzler Enterprises, 1997)
- Cause and Effect (Natzler Enterprises, 1999)
- Professional Card Magic Miracles (Natzler Enterprises, 2001)
- Card Magic Companion (Natzler Enterprises, 2003)
- Edward George Brown; A Magical Life (Natzler Enterprises, 2005)
- Percy Naldrett; Conjuror & Poet (Natzler Enterprises, 2005)
- Ed Marlo In The United Kingdom (Natzler Enterprises, 2005)
- Victor Farelli; A Magical Memoir (Natzler Enterprises, 2006)
- Eddie Joseph's The Complete Dumbfounders (Natzler Enterprises, 2006)
- Explorations (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- Card Collective (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- Ralph Hull's The Complete Eye-Openers (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- Carbon Footprints (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- Cardistry (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- The Second 16th Card Book Vols. 1 & 2 Vol. 1 with Tom Craven (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- The Keeper Card Book with Tom Craven (Natzler Enterprises, 2007)
- Stanley Collins' Card Conceits (Natzler Enterprises, 2008)
- Cool Card Stuff (Natzler Enterprises, 2008)
- Rusducks The Cardiste (Natzler Enterprises, 2008)
- The Unplanned Card Book (Natzler Enterprises, 2009)
- The Real Secrets of Card Magic (Natzler Enterprises, 2009)
- Card Marvels: 54 Impromptu Card Marvels by Paul Gordon (Natzler Enterprises, 2009)