Sanj Surati Talks: Episode 15 - R. Paul Wilson

Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 15

Date: Wednesday 22nd March 2021

This is the fifteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Magician, Writer, Director and Producer R. Paul Wilson. The writer/star of hit BBC show "The Real Hustle", "Scammed" and "The Takedown" is also a world-renowned magician, has designed impossible effects for some of the biggest names in magic and acted as expert consultant and 2nd unit director on films like "Shade" and "Smokin' Aces" working with a who's who of A-list talent including Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx, Thandie Newton, Melanie Griffith, Jeremy Piven, Hal Holbrook and Gabriel Byrne. In this podcast, Paul talks to Sanj about how he got into magic, his life as a hustler on The Real Hustle and how he became an awarding winning film maker.

R. Paul Wilson can be contacted via:
https://www.rpaulwilson.com
https://twitter.com/rpaulwilson
https://www.instagram.com/rpaulwilson/

What we talked about:
Magic
Ron Wilson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wilson_(magician)
F Paul Wilson – https://repairmanjack.com
Film Making
Army
Computer programmer
The Take Down
The Real Hustle - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791615/
Casinos
Court TV - https://www.courttv.com
Anthony Owen - https://twitter.com/anthonyowenmagi
Alexis Conran - https://alexisconran.com
Drummond Money-Coutts - http://www.dmcmagic.com
BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk
Jessica-Jane Stafford - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883551/
Martin Turner - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1201550/
Watchdog - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74
Covid 19
Scammed - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2061795
Sacha Baron Cohen - https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13143964/
The Golden Globes - https://www.goldenglobes.com
The Three Card Monty
Shade – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323939/
The Magic Castle - http://www.magiccastle.com
The Film Business
Slide of hand
Acting
Card tricks
Carl Mazzocone - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563604/
Damian Nieman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1195760
Jason England - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021088/
Earl Nelson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501327
Johann Pachelbel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Pachelbel
The Magic Box - https://youtu.be/DyfM7oLIlp0
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com
Our Magic - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4028066/
Canon 5D - https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-5d-mark-iv/
Mentalism
John Cleese - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/
Isolani - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6695106
Writing
Conmen - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5011604
Holographics
Pepper’s Ghost
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