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BIOGRAPHY
Audiences around the country have hailed Michael Grandinetti as a
very talented and creative illusionist. Over the years, his incredible
magic has been featured on “Entertainment Tonight,” “New York Today,”
“FOX & Friends,” “Crook & Chase," “The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon,” and
the NBC television special “The World’s Most Dangerous Magic II.”
In addition, Michael has created and developed custom magic
presentations for major corporations including Hewlett Packard,
Countrywide, Harley-Davidson, The Pittsburgh Pirates and Bayer and
designed original illusions for Las Vegas and Branson production
shows, national film and television projects, and for the series
“Paolo Limiti” in Italy.
With a true passion for performing live, Michael’s magic has taken him
around the country. When he was just 20 years old, Michael created,
developed, and produced his own two-hour show at Pittsburgh’s historic
Byham Theater. During the performance, a near sell-out crowd of
twelve-hundred people watched in amazement as Michael made a 500 lb.
Harley-Davidson motorcycle appear in mid-air, brought a painting of a
beautiful woman to life, and levitated on the point of a razor sharp
sword.
Michael’s recent live performances include over 150 shows at the
world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, CBS Television’s 4th of July
Fireworks Spectacular, the “Wonderful World of Christmas” show at
Heinz Hall produced by Marvin Hamlisch, the Woman of Valor Gala in
Beverly Hills with celebrity organizers including Danny DeVito, Rhea
Perlman, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the exclusive Fairmont Orchid Resort in
Hawaii, and on the red carpet of ESPN’s “ESPY Awards” broadcast live
from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
Michael’s personality and style were introduced to the world when he
performed his original creation “The Tower of Flaming Spikes” on the
NBC television special “The World’s Most Dangerous Magic II”. While
covered with a mixture of gasoline and kerosene and secured by chains,
Michael had only sixty seconds to escape before two walls of flaming
steel spikes were thrust towards him at over 50mph. Bringing together
seven of the world’s top illusionists, Michael was honored to be the
youngest performer on the show.
When ABC Family wanted to promote their “World Magic Awards”
television special, Michael was contacted to create and stage
spectacular live demonstrations throughout New York City. During the
event, passersby from Grand Central Station, to Central Park, to
Rockefeller Center watched in amazement as Michael levitated a woman
while completely surrounded on the busy Manhattan streets. Taking the
illusion a step further, as a tribute to legendary illusionist Doug
Henning, Michael caused a girl to float high above the Santa Monica
Beach in California - performing with the actual illusion equipment
that was used by Henning 20 years earlier.
Michael is also a respected Creative Consultant for film, television,
literary, and stage productions, most recently consulting on a
national commercial for the U.S. Treasury and teaching magic to the
actors of the Emmy Award-winning CBS Drama “The Bold and the
Beautiful”.
With his eventful past, Michael Grandinetti has only one thing to say
about the future: “You haven’t seen anything yet!”
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