Simon Pierro

Simon Pierro ( born October 2, 1978 in Ettlingen ) is a German magician and presenter.

Life

Pierro, who grew up in Waldbronn, and now lives in Munich, according to his own statement discovered his passion for witchcraft at the age of 15 years when he was cheated in a shell game in New York City for $ 20 and it then his sister a book on magic - and card tricks presented.

Pierro's presentations included modern elements of pop culture and are far from the stereotype of the " magician with a top hat and tails ." Its developed with director Eberhard Riese stage show The American Dream - From rags to riches earned him a number of awards of magic. 2002 elected him to the Magic Circle of Germany for Magician of the Year. He was, inter alia, German champion and vice-champion of the FISM. In 2004 he was presented in Las Vegas Siegfried & Roy Award.

Shortly after completing his degree in industrial engineering in 2004 at the University of Karlsruhe Pierro was by Frank Elstner in the program " People of the Week" for the Saturday night format " Candid Camera " discovered, in which he received his own division as a magical decoy and up today played his magic tricks in over twenty episodes. In addition to other TV appearances for ARD, ZDF, RTL and ProSieben it acts as a consultant behind the camera and developed, among other things Heidi Klum's an illusion of " Germany's Next Top Model".

As moderator, he presented together with Collien Fernandes elm IFA show Deutsche Telekom " Networked Worlds ". Since 2008 he has devoted himself increasingly to the digital magic, a combination of magic and technical innovations. With published to YouTube videos such as " Preview on iOS 5" and "iPad Horror" he reached almost five million viewers within half a year and was invited to be the first German magician in an Apple Store.

TV appearances (selection)

  • Understand fun? (ARD, 2004 - Today, more than 20 missions as a magical decoy )
  • Unbelievable (RTL, 2008)
  • Galileo Mystery ( Pro Sieben, 2007)
  • ZDF television garden ( ZDF, 2009-2011 )
  • Frank Elstner - People of the Week ( SWR, 2004, 2011)
  • Le Plus Grand Cabaret Du Monde ( France 2, 2003, 2011)

Awards

  • German master
  • Vice World Champion Category General Magic ( World Championships of Magic 2003)
  • Coups de Coeur - Monte Carlo Magic Stars
  • Golden rings of Lausanne
  • Magician of the Year 2002
  • Siegfried & Roy - Award
  • Mandrake d' Or - Award 2005
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