Ricky Jay
KNOWN FOR
Sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards; Off-Broadway show Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants; throwing cards at watermelons
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice (Jan 2015)Directed by Molly Bernstein
Written Features
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Biography of Ricky Jay
While Ricky Jay has long been considered one of the world’s great sleight-of-hand artists, his...
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Comic: Waiting for Ricky Jay, by Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper's three-page comic, created during a futile wait in line for tickets to a...
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay’s Encyclopaedia Britannica Conjuring Entry
Encyclopaedia Britannica turned to Ricky Jay for its
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay’s Magician Mentors and Inspirations
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
The New Yorker Profile of Ricky Jay
An in-depth profile that reveals the magician's personal history, mentors, scholarship, collections, and pet peeves.
Video Features
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay and Art Spiegelman in Conversation
Art Spiegelman and Ricky Jay in conversation at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay on Ways of Learning: Books and Teachers
Though he collects magic books, Jay says the key to learning is from a respected teacher.
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay Remembers Mentor Dai Vernon
Ricky Jay recalls the man he considers one of the greatest sleight-of-hand artists.
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Ricky Jay on His Mentor: Charlie Miller
Jay describes working with Miller "as close to pure joy as anything that I can imagine."
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Filmmaker Molly Bernstein on Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
The filmmaker's fascination with Ricky Jay led to a film more than a decade in the making.
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice
Sleight of Hand and Three-Card Monte with Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay demonstrates the three-card monte trick in his one-man show.
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice - Trailer
The inimitable magician and his mysterious world of sleight-of-hand artists and conjurers.
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