True Story: I Used My Jeopardy! Winnings to Finance My First Feature

“What is MAGIC TOWN?” For me, the clues that prompted this response took my whole life to uncover. Film, trivia, and magic have always been triple passions of mine. At 12 years old, my first paying job was as a magician, putting together an act with my best friend and playing at birthday parties. The money wasn’t great, but we were passionate. In 1997, we attended our first Abbott’s Magic “Get Together” in Colon, Michigan (indeed, pronounced exactly how you think). In a tradition dating back to the 1930s, magicians had been gathering in this tiny village every summer to […] Source