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William Maurice Zavis {{PersonInfo|August 8, |1935|December 17, |2004}} was an FISM-award-winning amateur magician who worked as a US Foreign Service Officer. The job took him all over the world, including South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Canada.  
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William Maurice Zavis {{PersonInfo|August 8, |1935|December 17, |2004}} was a [[FISM|FISM-award-winning]] amateur magician who worked as a US Foreign Service Officer. The job took him all over the world, including South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Canada.  
  
 
He developed an interest in the art of magic after seeing magician Joe Davis perform, and later became interested in performance art, doing some work in the theater. He acted, wrote, directed and produced plays.
 
He developed an interest in the art of magic after seeing magician Joe Davis perform, and later became interested in performance art, doing some work in the theater. He acted, wrote, directed and produced plays.
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==Books==
 
==Books==
*[[Divers Deceits]] (1973)
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*[[Divers Deceits]] (Goodliffe, 1973)
  
 
==Tricks==
 
==Tricks==
*[[Soft Center]], a pencil-through-card effect marketed by [[Perfect Magic]]
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*[[Soft Center]], a pencil- (or cigarette-) through-card effect marketed by [[Perfect Magic]] in the early 1980s.
  
 
==Videos==
 
==Videos==

Revision as of 02:47, 3 March 2010

William Maurice Zavis Template:PersonInfo was a FISM-award-winning amateur magician who worked as a US Foreign Service Officer. The job took him all over the world, including South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Canada.

He developed an interest in the art of magic after seeing magician Joe Davis perform, and later became interested in performance art, doing some work in the theater. He acted, wrote, directed and produced plays.

Zavis also created a body of original magic and found time to contribute much of it to various magic magazines and books over the years, including Abracadabra, Arcane, Epilogue, Gen, Genii, Kabbala, Linking Ring, Magic Circular, Pabular, Phoenix, New Pentagram, New Tops, Spell Binder, Sphinx, and Karl Fulves’ book, Faro and Riffle Technique.

In addition, he produced several sets of lecture notes, appeared on four Videonics lecture videos, had a book of his tricks published called Divers Deceits, and wrote a follow-up called Sundry Deceits, which remains unpublished. He is also credited with the concept of turning any thin cup, such as a styrofoam coffee cup, into an impromptu Chop Cup through the use of an external magnet hidden in the end of a wand or pen.

Awards

  • Third place in Micromagic at the 1973 FISM
  • A.I.M.C. (1974) and M.I.M.C. (1976) from the Magic Circle.

Books

Tricks

Videos

  • Videonics V14 • William Zavis - Vol. 1 (1981)
  • Videonics V15 • William Zavis - Vol. 2 (1981)
  • Videonics V16 • William Zavis - Vol. 3 (1981)
  • Videonics V17 • William Zavis - Vol. 4 (1981)

References