List of Academy of Magical Arts Award Winners

The Academy of Magical Arts gives out awards annually at its Academy of the Magical Arts Awards event. Nominess for the performance awards are chosen from those that have performed at The Magic Castle in the previous year. Other awards are given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of magic.

Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1968Dai Vernon
1970Albert Goshman
1971Ron Wilson
1972Mark Wilson
1973Shimada
1974Mark Wilson
1975Siegfried & Roy
1976Doug Henning
1977Norm Nielsen
1978Harry Blackstone Jr.
1979David Copperfield
1980Cesareo Pelaez (Marco the Magi)
1981Richiardi Jr.
1982Paul Daniels
1983Siegfried & Roy
1984Harry Blackston Jr.
1985Lance Burton
1986David Copperfield
1987The Pendragons
1988Walaa (Wello)
1989Princess Tenko
1990Silvan
1991Lance Burton
1992Juan Tamariz
1993Jeff McBride
1994The Pendragons
1995Penn & Teller
1996Ricky Jay
1997Mark Kalin & Jinger
1998Luis de Matos
1999Silvan
2000Joaquin Ayala
2001Rick Thomas
2002David Blaine
2003Mac King
2004Darren Romeo
2005Criss Angel
2006Cyrtil Takayama
2007Derren Brown
2008Guy Hollingworth
2009Ed Alonzo
2010Topas
2011Lu Chen
2012Penn & Teller
2013Yo Ho-Jin
2014Michael Carbonaro
2015Dynamo
2016Derek DelGaudio
2017David Williamson
2018David Blaine (Declined)
2019Derren Brown

Close-up Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1968Albert Goshman
1969Johnny Platt
1970Mike Skinner
1971Ron Wilson
1972Bruce Cervon
1973Mike Skinner
1974Albert Goshman
1975Bruce Cervon
1976Jules Lenier
1977David Roth
1978Earl Nelson
1979Daryl
1980Daryl
1981Michael Ammar
1982Bob Jardine
1983Michael Ammar
1984John Carney
1985Earl Nelson
1986Johnny Ace Palmer
1987Johnny Ace Palmer
1988John Carney
1989David Williamson
1990David Williamson
1991Martin Nash
1992Tony Giorgio
1993René Lavand
1994Paul Gertner
1995Paul Gertner
1996Martin Nash
1997Eugene Burger
1998Eugene Burger
1999Steve Valentine
2000Lennart Green
2001Steve Valentine
2002Shoot Ogawa
2003Whit Haydn
2004Whit Haydn
2005Shoot Ogawa
2006Jon Armstrong
2007Paul Green
2008Doc Eason
2009Doc Eason
2010Suzanne
2011Derek DelGaudio
2012Derek DelGaudio
2013Bill Goodwin
2014Richard Turner
2015Mike Pisciotta
2016Mike Pisciotta
2017Richard Turner
2018Brian Gilils
2019Asi Wind

Stage Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1968John Daniel
1969Jim Carazini
Eric Lewis
Norm Nielsen
1970Don Lawton
1971Glenn Falkenstein
1972Shimada
1973Shimada
1974Eric Lewis
1975Shimada
1976Johnny Thompson
1977Peter Pitt
1978Goldfinger & Dove
1979Whit Haydn
1980Harry and Leslie Anderson
1981Tomsoni and Company
1982Goldfinger & Dove
1983Lance Burton
1984Jonathan Neal Brown
1985The Pendragons
1986The Pendragons
1987Jonathan Neal Brown & Liane
1988James Dimmare & Lisa
1989Amos Levkovitch
1990Amos Levkovitch
1991Christopher Hart
1992Falkenstein & Willard
1993Christopher Hart
1994Tina Lenert
1995Falkenstein & Willard
1996Jason Byrne
1997Jason Byrne
1998John Carney
1999Ed Alonzo
2000Ed Alonzo
2001John Carney
2002James Dimmare
2003Kevin James
2004Danny Cole
2005Danny Cole
2006Mike Caveney
2007Dana Daniels
2008Kevin James
2009Jeff Hobson
2010Dana Daniels
2011Rob Zabrecky
2012Rob Zabrecky
2013Mike Caveney
2014Pop Haydn
2015Shoot Ogawa
2016Tommy Ten and Amilie van Tass
2017Shoot Ogawa
2018Steve Valentine
2019Lucy Darling

Visiting Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1969The Niberco Brothers
1970Geoffrey Buckingham
1971Shimada & Deanna
1972Topper Martyn
1973Francis Carlyle
1974David Roth
1975Martin Lewis
1976Billy McComb
1977Ger Copper
1978Frances Willard
1979Petrick & Mia
1980Terry Seabrooke
1981Lance Burton
1982Ger Copper

Lecturer of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1968Dick Zimmerman
1969Clarke Crandall
1970Bruce Cervon
1971Bob Eads
1972Lou Derman
1973Clarke Crandall
1974Ali Bongo
1975Milbourne Christopher
1976Sid Lorraine
1977Pat Culliton
1978Jerry Andrus
1979Max Maven
1980Karrell Fox
1981Albert Goshman
1982Michael Ammar
1983Michael Ammar
1984Eugen Burger
1985Eugene Burger
1986Gaëtan Bloom
1987Chuck Fayne
1988Daryl
1989Dale Salwak
1990David Williamson
1991John Carney
1992Daryl
1993David Williamson
1994Paul Gertner
1995Johnny Ace Palmer
1996David Roth
1997Tom Mullica
1998Peter Pitt
1999Johnny Ace Palmer
2000Aldo Colombini
2001David Regal
2002Paul Green
2003Aldo Colombini
2004Bob Sheets
2005Martin Lewis
2006The Flicking Fingers
2007Martin Lewis
2008Jeff McBride
2009Doc Eason
2010David Regal
2011Howard Hamburg
2012Harry Anderson
2013Steve Valentine
2014Steve Valentine
2015Doc Eason
2016Rob Zabrecky
2017John Carney
2018Rob Zabrecky
2019Dani DaOrtiz

Parlour Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
1983Tom Ogden
1984Tom Ogden
1985Michael Ammar
1986Daryl
1987Daryl
1988Kevin James
1989John Carney
1990Michael Ammar
1991John Carney
1992Chuck Fayne
1993Chuck Fayne
1994David Williamson
1995Whit Haydn
1996TC Tahoe
1997TC Tahoe
1998Aldo Colombini
1999Aldo Colombini
2000Martin Lewis
2001Martin Lewis
2002Whit Haydn
2003Dana Daniels
2004Dana Daniels
2005Michael Finney
2006Jason Alexander
2007Shoot Ogawa
2008Shoot Ogawa
2009Andrew Goldenhersh
2010Andrew Goldenhersh
2011Hélder Guimarães
2012Hélder Guimarães
2013Johnny Ace Palmer
2014Rob Zabrecky
2015Rob Zabrecky
2016Handsome Jack
2017Johnny Ace Palmer
2018Mike Pisciotta
2019Chris Capehart

Comedy Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
2003Dana Daniels
2004Michael Finney
2005Ed Alonzo
2006Ed Alonzo

Bar Magician of the Year

Year Winner(s)
2004Doc Eason
2005Whit Haydn

Masters Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1968Dai Vernon
1969Richard Cardini
1970Virgil & Julie
1971Jose Frakson
1972Charlie Miller
1973Slydini
1974Dunninger
1975Robert Harbin
1976Les Levante
1977Werner Dornfield
1978Walter B. Gibson
1979MacDonald & Mabel Birch

Fred Kaps

1980Gene Gordon
1981Jay Marshall
1982Joe Berg
1983Maurice Rooklyn
1984Eric Lewis
1985Murray
1986Tihany
1987Mark Wilson
1988Johnny Calvert
1989Peter Warlock
1990Channing Pollock
1991Siegfried & Roy
1992Ali Bongo
1993Harry Blackstone Jr.
1994Lee Grabel
1995Borra
1996Karrell Fox
1997The Morettis
1998Marvyn Roy
1999Johnny Thompson
2000John Booth
2001Billy McComb
2002Cesareo Pelaez
2003Terry Seabrooke
2004David Berglas
2005Paul Daniels
2006Paul Potassy
2007Patrick Page
2008Dominique
2009Norm Nielsen
2010Lance Burton
2011René Lavand
2012Juan Tamariz
2013Fantasio
2014Silvan
2015John Gaughan
2016Ger Copper
2017David Copperfield

Performing Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1968Richard Cardini, Harry Willard
1969Jose Frakson, Slydini
1970Kuda Bux
1971Richiardi Jr.
1972Les Levante
1973Maurice Rooklyn
1974Marvyn & Carol Roy
1975Channing Pollock
1976Roy Benson, Neil Foster
1977Leon Mandrake, Tihany
1978Johnny Platt, Russell Swann
1979Jimmy Grippo
1980Suzy Wandas Bennett
1981Andre Kole
1982John Calvert
1983Billy McComb, The Morettis
1984Carl Ballantine, Bert Easley
1985Mardoni & Louise, Johnny Thompson
1986Will Rock, Tom & Liz Tucker, Eddie Tullock
1987Milo & Roger
1988Shimada
1989Topper Martyn
1990Del Ray
1991Don Alan
1992Harry Blackstone Jr., Terry Seabrooke
1993Norm Neilson
1994Chuck & Jan Jones
1995Doug Henning, Jack Kodell
1996Michael Skinner, Tommy Wonder
1997René Lavand, Peter Reveen
1998Goldfinger & Dove, Martin Nash
1999Bruce Cervon, Ed & Nancy Keener
2000Richard Ross, Juan Tamariz
2001Earl Nelson, The Pendragons
2002Harry Lorayne, Alan Shaxon
2003Walter "Zaney" Blaney
2004Magic Christian
2005Bobby Baxter, Flip Hallema
2006Eugene Burger, Chen Kai
2007Penn & Teller, Dr. Sawa
2008Celeste Evans, Howie Schwarzman
2009Pat Thompson, J.C. Wagner
2010Franz Harary, Bob White
2011Finn Jon
2012David Williamson
2013David Kaye
2014John Carney
2015Greg Frewin
2016Luis Piedrahita, Fielding West
2017Ray Anderson
2018Bill Malone
2019Raymond Crowe

Creative Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1975Alan Wakeling

U.F. Grant

1976Paul Curry
1977Charles Reynolds
1978Edmund Spreer

Robert Stull

1979Ali Bongo
1980Ken Brooke

Brother John Hamman

1981Stewart James
1982Ross Bertram

Jack Chanin

1983John Gaughan
1984Karrell Fox
1985Sam Berland
1986Gil Leaney
1987Jerry Andrus
1988Tenyo
1989Dick Zimmerman
1990Jim Steinmeyer
1991Don Wayne
1992Herb Zarrow
1993Patrick Page
1994Larry Jennings
1995Finn Jon
1996John Kennedy
1997Max Maven
1998David Roth
1999Gaëtan Bloom
2000Ted Lasley
2001Pavel
2002Nick Trost
2003Georges Proust
2004Kevin James
2005Eberhard Riese
2006Paul Harris
2007Steve Dushek
2008Pierre Mayer
2009Michael Weber
2010Dean Dill
2011Lubor Fiedler
2012Paul Kieve
2013David Regal
2014Mark Setteducati
2015Tom Stone
2016Sebastien Clergue
2017Chris Kenner
2018Lennart Green
2019Angelo Carbone

Literary & Media Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1968 Lewis Ganson

Jack Potter

1969 Peter Warlock
1970 Walter B. Gibson
1971 Milbourne Christopher
1972 Frances Marshall
1973 Eric Lewis
1974 Martin Gardner
1975 Ed Marlo
1976 John Booth
1977 J. B. Bobo
1978 John Braun
1979 Glenn Gravatt
1980 Harry Lorayne
1981 Gerald Kosky
1982 Sam H. Sharpe
1983 Sid Lorraine
1984 Edwin A. Dawes
1985 Karl Fulves
1986 Bill Larsen

Irene Larsen

1987 Robert Lund
1988 Robert Albo

Ken de Courcy

1989 David Price
1990 Micky Hades
1991 Bascom Jones Jr.
1992 Karrell Fox
1993 Jon Racherbaumer
1994 Donald Bevan
1995 Robert Orben
1996 Stephen Minch
1997 Richard Kaufman
1998 Mike Caveney
1999 Val Andrews
2000 Richard Buffum
2001 Jim Steinmeyer
2002 Sid Fleischman
2003 Jim Reilly
2004 Bart Whaley
2005 David Britland
2006 David Goodsell

Phil Willmarth

2007 William Kalush
2008 Louis Falanga
2009 Todd Karr
2010 Stan Allen
2011 Roberto Giobbi
2012 David Charvet
2013 Steve Beam
2014 Dan & Dave Buck
2015 Will Houstoun
2016 Dr Lori Pieper
2017David Ginn
2018Magicana
2019Laura Avilés Ruda

Special Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1968 Carl Owen
1969 Goodliffe

Charlie Miller

Ed Sullivan

1970 Tenkai
1971 Faucett Ross
1972 Carl Ballantine

Marion Chavez

Dunninger

1973 Johnny Giordmaine
1977 Loring Campbell
1978 Lloyd E. Jones
1979 Burling Hull

Len Vintus

1980 Geraldine Larsen Jaffe

Jane Thurston Shepard

1981 Moi-Yo Miller
1982 Leon & Teddy Leon
1983 Robert Albo

Irving Desfor

1984 Marie Marshall

Shigeo Takagi

Orson Welles

1986 Stan Kramien

James Randi

Harry Stanley

1987 Bob Barker

Jim Ravel

1988 Tom Bradley

Homer Hudson

1989 John Fisher
1990 Charles Schulz
1991 Marshall Brodien
1992 Irene Larsen
1994 Ton Onosaka
1995 Lynette Chappell

Litzka Raymond Gibson

John Salisse

1996 Joe Stevens
1997 Roy Walton

Señor Wences

1998 Jules Lenier
1999 Martin Breese
2000 David Berglas

Diana Zimmerman

2001 John Kasnetsis
2002 Rick Heath

Louis St. Pierre Jr.

2003 Manfred Thumm
2004 Mark Nelson
2005 Rich Bloch

Dale Hindman

Lew Horwitz

2006 Leo Behnke
2007 The Amazing Johnathan
2008 Eric Eswin
2009 Steve Forte
2010 Jules Fisher
2012 EMC Producers (Luis de Matos, David Britland, Marco Tempest)

Carl Williams

2013 Robert Neale

Joanie Spina

2014 Avner Eisenberg
2016 Edwin A. Dawes

Franz Harary

2017Ken Klosterman

Tony DeLap Peter Lane

2019 Lisa Menna

Alan Zagorsky

Lifetime Achievement Fellowship

Year Winner(s)
1985 William W. Larsen Jr.
1986 Don Lawton
1987 Milt Larsen
1988 Frances Ireland Marshall
1989 John Booth
1990 Jack McMillan
1991 Edwin Hooper
1992 Ron Wilson
1993 Charles Reynolds
1994 John Fisher
1995 Alan Wakeling
1996 Billy McComb
1997 Alex Elmsley
1998 Bev Bereron
1999 John Gaughan
2000 Stan Kramien
2001 Tihany
2002 Les Smith
2003 Al Cohen

Christian Fechner

2004 Irene Larsen
2005 Martin Gardner
2006 Carl Ballantine
2007 Al Cohen
2008 Bob Fitch
2009 Chuck Jones
2010 John Daniel
2011 James Randi
2012 Alan Shaxon
2013 Ray Goulet
2014 Walter Blaney
2015 Ton Onosaka
2016 George Schindler
2017Shimada
2018Harry Lorayne
2019

Award of Merit

Year Winner(s)
1970 Lou Derman

John Gaughan

Bill Groom

Mattel Corporation

Peter Pitt

John Shrum

Eleanor St. Germain

1971 George Boston

Siegfried & Roy

1972 Bob McAllister
1973 Bob Barker

Bill Bixby

1974 Ken Brooke

The Magic Circle

Henk Vermeyden

James G. Williams

1975 Shirley Carroll

Johnny Carson

Danny Dew

Doug Henning

1976 Jerry Blount

Century III Programs, Inc. (Jack Rhodes, Wendell Wilks, Stanley Dorfman)

David Copperfield

Lewis P. Horwitz

1977 Ralph Edwards

Pat Hennessy Jr.

Peter Kersten

1978 Dick Cavett

Dick Clark

Armand Grant

Ted Salter

1979 Robert Albo

Ernie Evans

Ken & Roberta Griffin

Dale Harney

Don Wayne

1980 The John Davidson Show

Christian Fechner

Sammy McKay

Diana Zimmerman

1981 Paul Daniels

Liberace

1982 Robert & Elaine Lund

Peter Pit

Jamal Rofeh

1983 Fred Anderson

Eric Elkaim

John Fisher

1984 Bill Cosko

Ton Onosaka

Joe Stevens

Manfred Thumm

1985 Mark Nelson

Jim Steinmeyer

Dick Zimmerman

1986 Lynette Chappell

John Kasnetsis

Jeff Semel

Richard M. Sherman

1987 Robert Dorian

Benjamin Garth

Ray Pierce

1988 Mike Elkan

Margaret Hennessy

Hugh Rappaport

1989 James Starr
1990 Dale Salwak
1992 Stan Allen

Sandy Edberg

1993 Dick Foster
1994 Egil Berg

Luis de Matos

Merv Griffin

1995 The Dream Team (Gary Ouellet, Gary Pudney, Bob Jaffe)
1996 Bill Bowers

Arnold Brema

Mindy Edberg

Triny Peller

John Zweers

1997 Bob Busch

Joan Lawton

Rick Marcelli

1998 Gordon Beam

Donna Chapman

Mike Elkan

Michael Flint

Joe Hoffman

Ron Jackson

Mike Lacey

Robert Parker

1999 George Juarez

Mystina

James G. Williams

Fred & Wanda Wood

2000 Jean Boyle

Ray Forgette

Clark James

Carol Marie

Mark Nelson

Scott Tokar

John Zweers

2001 The Amazing Johnathan

Gary Frank

Terry Hill

Francis B. Martineau

David Thorsen

2002 Scott Smith
2003 Aldo Colombini
2004 David McKenzie
2006 Alan Rosson
2007 Rich Cowley

Paul Gross

2010 William Scott Anderson
2011 Ira Goldstein

Los Angeles Fire Department

Skirball Cultural Center

2012 Najee Williams
2013 Neil Patrick Harris
2014 Randy Pitchford

Alan Watson

2015 Erika Larsen
2016Bill Smith

Milt Larsen

2018Dal Sanders

Brian Tolman

Junior Achievement Award

Year Winner(s)
1976 Dirk Arthur
1977 Robbie Millman
1978 Geoffrey Williams
1979 Mark Kalin
1980 The Magic Company

Mark Van Buren

1981 Scott Cervine

Michael Weber

1982 Ed Alonzo

Lorenzo Clark

Bill Goodwin

1984 Ray Kosby

Danny Scott

1985 Scott Tokar
1986 David Doyle
1989 Jason Alexander

Mark Matsumoto

1990 Steve Barnes
1992 Michael J. Battistoni
1995 Chris Gongora
1996 Matt Marcy
1997 Wesley Edberg
1998 Danny Cole

Thomas Meier

Bryan Stoops

1999 James Holguin
2000 Joseph Tran
2001 Jason Latimer
2002 David Stryker
2003 Jonathon Dabach

Matthew Grunwald

Joel Ward

2004 Tony Elias
2005 Jessica Phillips
2006 Nathan Gibson
2007 Edsel Chiu

Michael Jacobson

2008 Farrah Siegel
2009 Rmax Goodwin

Aaron Rabkin

2010 Jeff Black
2011 Krystyn Lambert

Tricky Devil

Sean Trinh

2013 John Accardo

Kyle Eschen

Akinobu Mitsui

Hyuma Miyahara

2014 Mark A. Gibson
2015 Jesus (Nexxus) Flores

Frankie Foti

Paul Robaia

2016Collins Key
2017 Griffin Barry

Kevin Li

2018 Franco Pascali

Fernando Velasco

Rabby Yang

2019Austin Janik

Junior Award Merit

Year Winner(s)
1996 Jason Neistadt
2000 Scott Berry
2014 Sean Self


Special Recognition Award

Year Winner(s)
1974 Jerry Rosen

Special Achievement Award

Year Winner(s)
2005 Chuck Jones

Blackstone Theatre Award

Year Winner(s)
1997 Lance Burton
1998 Jeff McBride

Strolling Magician

Year Winner(s)
2004 Mark Collier

Technical Achievement Award

Year Winner(s)
2006 Bryan Lee

Devant Award

Year Winner(s)
2019 The Larsen Family

(presented by The Magic Circle)

References

"Hall of Fame". The Academy of Magical Arts.

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