{{short description|American designer and consultant}} {{for|the country music songwriter|Don Wayne (songwriter)}} <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|Don Wayne on the cover of ''MAGIC'' magazine --> {{Infobox person | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|30}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|7|19|1933|5|30}} }} '''Don Wayne''' (May 30, 1933 – July 19, 2019) was an American designer and consultant who has developed illusions for some of the world's most famous magicians.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?view=AllCredits&person_id=1069634 |title = Don Wayne |publisher = Inbaseline |accessdate = 2008-05-15 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also created and marketed smaller illusions used by many professional performers. He was the owner of the company Don Wayne Magic Inc., which did work for television, theater, theme parks and concert touring productions.
Wayne was named by ''MAGIC Magazine'' as one of the "most influential people in magic in the past 100 years". He has received a multitude of industry and peer awards, including The Academy of Magical Arts "Creative Fellowship", International Magicians Society "Magic Illusion Designer and Inventor of the Decade", and an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Special Visual Effects".<ref name="magic1999june">{{Cite journal |journal = MAGIC |publisher = Magic Magazine Inc. |date = June 1999 |volume = 8 |issue = 10 |title = }}</ref><ref name="magic1999april">{{Cite journal |journal = MAGIC |publisher = Magic Magazine Inc. |date = April 1995d |volume = 8 |issue = 8 |title = }}</ref>
==Famous clients== Don Wayne was David Copperfield's principal magic creator and illusion director for over 18 years, which included 17 television specials and over 800 weeks of international touring.
In conjunction with Jim Steinmeyer he developed a vanishing jet plane illusion performed by Mark Kalin and Jinger at the Reno Hilton in February 2001, which was described at the time as the largest stage illusion in the world.<ref name="kalin">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestmagicshow.com/history/ |title=History Making Magic |publisher=Majikal Productions |accessdate=2008-05-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219044738/http://www.bestmagicshow.com/history/ |archivedate=February 19, 2006 }}</ref> Wayne’s other clients have included Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Cher, Siegfried & Roy, Andre Kole, Criss Angel, Mark Wilson, Curtis Adams, Hans Klok, Dirk Arthur, Rick Thomas, Melinda Saxe, Steve Wyrick, Murray SawChuck, Luis de Matos, Jason Byrne, Florian Zimmer and Robert Gallup.<ref name="gallup">{{cite web |url = http://www.gallupextreme.com |title = Gallup Credits |publisher = Gallup Extreme Productions Inc. |accessdate = 2008-05-15 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616233527/http://www.gallupextreme.com/ |archivedate = 2008-06-16 }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}
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==External links== * [http://www.donwaynemagic.com Don Wayne Magic Inc.] * {{IMDb name|1034823}}
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