Tim Ellis | |
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| Occupation(s) | Magician, illusionist, publisher, producer |
| Website | www.timellismagic.com |
Tim Ellis is an Australian performer, author and lecturer in the world of magic and illusion.
Tim Ellis | |
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| Occupation(s) | Magician, illusionist, publisher, producer |
| Website | www.timellismagic.com |
Tim Ellis is an Australian performer, author and lecturer in the world of magic and illusion.
Ellis was born in Melbourne. [1] He began performing magic at the age of nine after his grandfather gave him a magic set as a gift. [2] [3] [4] [5] At the age of 14 he was the youngest magician ever admitted to The Magic Circle of Victoria and two years later won four out of their five annual awards. In 1980, he won the title 'Best Under 18 Magician of Australia'. [6]
In 1986, he created and produced 'National Magic Week', [7] a ten-day festival of the magical arts which was presented annually for the next nine years. In 1989, Ellis made national headlines when he locked himself in a crate, sealed it with chains, and was dropped into the Yarra River to promote Magic Week. [8]
Ellis produced and edited 'Australian Magic Monthly', [9] [10] a national publication for magicians which came out monthly for 100 issues, while writing a regular column on the Australian magic scene for the international Genii. [11]
Ellis was married to Kristina Todorovich from 1990 to 1998.
Ellis created 'MagicSports' [12] [13] [14] a form of improvised magic games based on Keith Johnstone's 'Theatre Sports'.
In 1992 he bought Australia's oldest magic shop, 'Bernard's Magic Shop' [15] [16] which he owned for several years.
In 1994 he was awarded second place in 'Micro Magic' at the FISM World Magic Championship in Yokohama, Japan. [17] This followed the 'Special Prize of the Jury' he was awarded at the 1991 FISM in Lausanne, Switzerland for his 'Six Card Rap'. [18] [19]
Ellis was married to Sue-Anne Webster from 1998 to 2011. [20] Ellis performed as a guest artist at the FISM World Championship of Magic, performing in the Close Up Gala in 2000 and the Stage Gala in 2003. [21] In 2001, Ellis and Webster were voted 'Most Valuable Performers' by their peers at the close up magic convention 'Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic' in Batavia, New York. [22]
Ellis sat on the jury at the FISM World Championship of Magic in 2003 at Den Haag, in 2006 at Stockholm, and 2009 in Beijing. [23] In 2004 Ellis and Webster produced three magic teaching DVDs, [24] [25] [26] and together with a team of Melbourne magicians they set a new Guinness World Record for the world's longest magic show by performing non-stop for 75 hours at Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia. [27] [28] The previous record was 24 hours. [29] In the same year Ellis produced the 29th Australian Convention of Magicians. [30]
In 2007 Ellis was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. [31]
After the 2007 show Poker in the Face, [32] [33] Ellis presented two shows for the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Illusionarium with Ellis & Webster [34] and Something About Needles & Razorblades. Later that year he performed The Wizards of Aus [35] at The Melbourne Magic Festival. The 2009 Festival saw his new shows AspyCadabra, and Ellis in Wonderland performed with Sue-Anne Webster. The 2010 Festival saw two new shows Escape From Reality and Illusionarium 2010 and in 2011 they premiered Once Upon A Time... 2012 his solo shows The Mad Hatter's Magical Tea Party and Timeless Magic followed by three new shows in 2013 The Mad Hatter's History of Hattery, As Seen on TV and In Dreams. [36] In 2014 he presented the improvised show Magic vs Music: The Audience Always Wins and 1 Defining Moment as well as Immaculate Deceptions for the Bally On High Festival. At the 2015 Melbourne Magic Festival he presented The Mad Hatter: Return to Wonderland and the poker themed show Full House, as well as producing MagicSports which won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for 'Funniest Show'. At the 2016 Festival he presented This Is Magic and an updated version of In Dreams. For 2017 This Is Magic returned and his popular character from Young Talent Time was resurrected in the show Professor Googalfitz Explains it All. [37] In 2018 the Festival moved to the Melba Spiegeltent and Tim teamed with Carisa Hendrix to present the show World of Wizards and also performed The Late Night Magic, Comedy & Something Ellis Hour and Spellbinder at The Laneway Theatre. In 2019 he presented The Mad Hatter's Magical Tea Party [38] and As Seen on TV. Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the 2020 Melbourne Magic Festival was cancelled and Tim spent most of the year performing 50 shows via Zoom. [39]
Tim is the artistic director and founder of the Melbourne Magic Festival[ citation needed ] and as of July 2022 [update] president of The Australian Institute of Magic. [40]
He has performed on television programs including Midday , Good Morning Australia , The Daryl Somers Show, Young Talent Time , Hey Hey It's Saturday , Sunrise, and The Today Show . He also appears in Nadia Tass's feature film Matching Jack (2010). [41]
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| Year | Show | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-84 | The Magic Club - A Musical Magical | 1981 to 1984 | An ensemble cast of teenage magicians performed at various Melbourne theatres |
| 1984 | Magic Unlimited | 1984 | School show toured for the Victorian Arts Council |
| 1987 | Illusion: The Ultimate Fantasy | October | Caulfield Arts Centre |
| 1987 | The Wind In The Willows | Jan to Mar | The Australian Shakespeare Company in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens |
| 1989 | Spellbinder | 1989 | School show toured for the Victorian Arts Council |
| 1989 | The Greatest Show At The Show | September | With Peter Gray and Christof at the Royal Melbourne Show |
| 1989 | Cunning Stunts | Four Month Season | The Comedy Cafe, Melbourne |
| 1990 | Pure Magic | Jan to Feb | A close up magic show at The Victorian Arts Centre |
| 1991 | Dreamweaver | 1991 | School show toured for the Victorian Arts Council |
| 1993 | Dreams & Illusions | December | Pitrone's Cabaret Restaurant, Melbourne |
| 1994 | Pure Magic | 1994 | School show toured for the Victorian Arts Council |
| 1995 | International Stars of Magic | 1995 | Burswood Casino, Perth |
| 1998 | Dreams & Illusions | 1998 | Capers Dinner Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1999-2000 | Magic Unlimited's Best Show Ever | 1999 to 2000 | School Show toured throughout Victoria and Tasmania |
| 2000 | Cunning Stunts | April | Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2004 | Magic Concert | 2004 | With Eun Gyeol Lee in Seoul, South Korea |
| 2007 | Poker In The Face | April | Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2008 | Something About Needles & Razorblades | April | Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2008 | Illusionarium | April | Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2008 | The Wizards of Aus | Sep 22 to Oct 4 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2008 | Something About Needles & Razorblades | October | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2009 | Aspycadabra | July 8 to 11 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2009 | Ellis in Wonderland | June 29 to July 4 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2010 | Two Out Of A Hat | September | Northcote Kids Festival |
| 2010 | Wow Magic On Earth | March | Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Illusionarium 2010 | June 28 to July 10 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2010 | Escape From Reality | July 7 to 10 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2011 | Something About Needles & Razorblades | May | IMX, Las Vegas |
| 2011 | Something About Needles & Razorblades | July | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2011 | Once Upon A Time | July 4 to 16 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2012 | Timeless Magic | July 3 to 11 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2012 | The Mad Hatter's Magical Tea Party | July 2 to 15 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2013 | The Mad Hatter's History of Hattery | July 1 to 6 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2013 | As Seen On TV | July 8 to 12 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2013 | In Dreams | July 8 to 13 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2014 | Magic vs Music | June 30 to July 5 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2014 | 1 Defining Moment | July 8 to 11 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2014 | Immaculate Deceptions | Nov to Dec | The Bally On High Festival |
| 2015 | Full House | July 7 to 11 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2015 | The Mad Hatter - Return To Wonderland | June 29 to July 3 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2016 | MagicSports | April | The Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2016 | This Is Magic! | July 4 to 8 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2016 | In Dreams | July 5 to 9 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2017 | This Is Magic! | July 4 to 8 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2017 | Professor Googalfitz Explains It All | July 3 to 7 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2017-2018 | Pure Magic | August to February | The Laneway Theatre |
| 2018 | Spellbinder | Feb to August | The Laneway Theatre |
| 2018 | World of Wizards | July 3 to 6 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2018 | The Late Night Comedy, Magic & Something Ellis Hour | July 10 to 14 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2019 | Aspycadabra | March to December | The Laneway Theatre |
| 2019 | Astonishment | April to December | The Laneway Theatre |
| 2019 | As Seen On TV | July 2 to 6 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2019 | The Mad Hatter's Magical Tea Party | July 8 to 13 | The Melbourne Magic Festival |
| 2020 | Out of Nothing. Something. | Feb to December | The Laneway Theatre |
| Year | Format | Title | Notes |
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| 1989-98 | Monthly National Magazine | Australian Magic Monthly | Editor and publisher |
| 1992 | Monthly Club Magazine | The Magic Circular | Editor |
| 1992 | Lecture Notes | The Secret Diary of Tim Ellis | |
| 1993 | Teaching Video | Cunning Stunts | |
| 1993-95 | Teaching Videos - 18 Volumes | Bernard's Teaching Video Series | Producer |
| 2000 | Monthly National Magazine | AMM 2000 | Editor and Publisher |
| 2000 | Lecture Notes | Ellis in Wonderland | |
| 2001 | Lecture Notes | 24 Years of Living Next Door To Ellis | |
| 2001 | Lecture Notes | Runaround Sue | |
| 2002 | Paperback Book | The Two Of Us | Profiled in one chapter |
| 2004 | Teaching DVD | Ellis in Wonderland | |
| 2004 | Teaching DVD | 24 Years of Living Next Door to Ellis | |
| 2004 | Teaching DVD | Runaround Sue | |
| 2004 | Paperback Book | Eun Gyeol Lee's Book of Magic (First Ever Korean Language Magic Book) | Contributor |
| 2005 | Trick | The Tim Card Poker Deal [42] | |
| 2006 | Teaching DVD | Ellis & Webster's Cunning Stunts | Bar bets and easy magic for the public |
| 2006 | Performance DVD | Ellis & Webster's Most Amazing Magic Volume 1 | |
| 2006 | Performance DVD | Ellis & Webster's Most Amazing Magic Volume 2 | |
| 2006 | Hardcover Book | Dictionnaire de la prestidigitation by Jean de Merry & André Ciocca | Profiled in one chapter |
| 2007 | Paperback Book | Deception Downunder by Brian McCullagh | Profiled in one chapter |
| 2010 | Paperback Book | Magic's Most Amazing Stories by Ivan Amodei | Contributor |
| 2011 | Hardcover Book | Timeless Magic | |
| 2012 | Paperback Book | Bamboozlers Volume 3 by Diamond Jim Tyler | Contributor |
| 2014 | Paperback Book | Who Is Magic Babe Ning by Ning Cai | Contributor |
| 2015 | Hardcover Book | The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier by Bob Farmer | Contributor |
| 2016 | Hardcover Book | Locked by Jim Kleefeld | Contributor |
| 2018 | Trick | iDrop by Tim Ellis | Released by Vanishing Inc. |
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