David Stone (magician)
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David Stone (born David Muller ) is a French writer, producer and multi award winning magician specialized in close-up magic and coin magic.
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[edit] Biography
David was born on August the 14th, 1972 in Eaubonne, (France), from parents impassioned by literature and cinema and started very young a formation in musical theory and guitar during six years.
At 19, a hazardous encounter with a school friend allowed him to discover the art of magic and of card manipulation. At 23, he won the Diavol Grand prix (France championships of magic).
At 24, he won the Gold Dove (close-up category) kind of European championships of magic organized in France. The same year, David won the Close-up Grand Prix of South America in Las Tunas, Cuba.
In 1995, David met the French magician Stéphane Jardonnet who truly launched his career by producing a video starring David (Basic Coin magic vol.1). This video became the first French magic program ever sold on the American market: With over 28.000 copies run out in 40 countries, this video became a huge best-seller.
After a degree in Philosophy at the Amiens University, David decides to become professional magician : He went to Saint-Tropez and started working in some of the most prestigious restaurants of the Riviera, including 7 years in La Voile Rouge, an amazing beach restaurant where he really learnt his job.
Thanks to his videos, but also to a good sense of communication, Stone starts to be known in the world of professional magicians. From 1999, this sudden notoriety allowed him to perform his lecture on the art of Table hopping (professional magic in restaurants) in the Magic conventions of more than 19 countries and to become one of the most famous French magicians abroad.
His encounter on 2001 with the magician and DVD producer Jean-Luc Bertrand directs David towards the making of short films and the production of magic DVD. Their first co-production, a short movie, wins the 1st prize at the first ever Magic Film Festival in Las Vegas (2006).
In 2003, the FFFF convention - Fechter's Finger-Flicking Frolic, the most prestigious gathering of close-up magicians in the world, voted David as the Most Valuable Performer.
His last book (2005) ‘Close-up: The real secrets of magic" is a huge best-seller in France and was sold out in less than 15 days after its release. The DVD “The Real Secrets Of Magic” (2006) adapted from this book was just nominated Best Magic DVD 2006 by Genii Magazine (US), Magie Magazine (DE) and over 14.000 copies were sold in 13 months.
On August 2006, David won the 3rd prize at the World Championships of magic (FISM) in Stockholm, Sweden (Micro-Magic - FISM Award 2006) and was voted on April 2008 TMW Award for Best Magician 2008.
[edit] Bibliography
- Mietek (1998)
- Secrets of table hopping (1999)
- Light my Fire (1999)
- X rated (2000)
- Made in France (2001)
- Cocoon (2002)
- Close-up : The real secrets of magic (2005)
[edit] Filmography
- Basic coin magic (1995) - Stéphane Jardonnet Productions
- Génération Imagik Vol. 2 (1996) - Joker Deluxe Productions
- Coin Magic Vol. 2 (1997) - Stéphane Jardonnet Productions/David Stone
- David Stone’s fabulous close-up lecture (1999) - International magic
- Quit smoking (2001) - Magic Boutique
- Live in Boston (2002)- MagicZoom Entertainment
- Best of the best Vol. 11 (2003) - International Magicians Society
- Best of the best Vol. 12 (2003) - International Magicians Society
- Best of the best Vol. 13 (2003) - International Magicians Society
- Live at FFFF (2004)- MagicZoom Entertainment
- The real secrets of magic Vol. 1 (2006) - MagicZoom Entertainment/Close-up Magic
- The real secrets of magic Vol. 2 (2007) - MagicZoom Entertainment/Close-up Magic
