Doug McKenzie (magician)


Doug McKenzie is a magician, mentalist, magic consultant, and magic television producer based in New York City. His brand of magic - "Magic2.0" - merges traditional sleight of hand techniques with technology, using phones, robots, and artificial intelligence. Doug has been profiled on CNN by Laurie Segall in a segment titled "Magician or Hacker?"

Performances

In January 2009, McKenzie became the Magic Director for the Conjuring Arts Research Center's Hocus Pocus Project. The project teaches magic to disadvantaged youth and adults. HPP is not magic entertainment, but magic education. The goal of the program is to empower participants by introducing them to fun and accessible magic effects that, with some effort, they will master and be able to share in other settings. As of 2011, the project runs in a Juvenile Detention Center and a number of hospitals in the New York City area with plans to expand its footprint nationwide.

Product releases

Doug McKenzie has released three of his effects for other magicians to learn: