Biography
David Blaine is an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records. Blaine innovated the way magic is shown on television by focusing on spectator reactions.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
2020
as Self - audience member (uncredited)
Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question ...
David Blaine: Ascension
2020
as Self
David Blaine will redefine magic once again for an unprecedented live event at a time when the world could use a positive distraction.
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
as Self
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, G...
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
Executive Producer
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, G...
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that first and foremost he'...
How Magic Changed TV
2017
as Himself
The story of magic on TV, the challenges of performing illusions in front of the television cameras, the performers who inspired some of the most succ...
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
as Self
In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stu...
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
Executive Producer
In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stu...
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
Writer, Executive Producer
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
2012
as Self
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
David Blaine: Discover Magic
2010
as Himself
David Blaine goes into places where he's not wanted or expected, searching for honest reactions. This is a glimpse of some of the best unseen treasur...
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
2010
as Self
David Blaine travels around America to perform tricks in the UK premiere of his show What Is Magic? He visits New Orleans where he carries out a money...
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
2010
Director
David Blaine travels around America to perform tricks in the UK premiere of his show What Is Magic? He visits New Orleans where he carries out a money...
David Blaine: Beautiful Struggle
2010
as Himself
A made-for-TV documentary about the many endurance related feats that David Blaine performed between 1999 and 2008. These include being entombed for 7...
Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
2009
as Himself
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show TV Special
David Blaine: Dive of Death
2008
as Himself
David Blaine stuns the world with another extraordinary, death-defying endurance feat, on "David Blaine: Dive of Death," live from New York's Wollman ...
Mister Lonely
2008
as Priest 2
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives ...
David Blaine: Drowned Alive
2006
as Himself
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
as Self (segment "Criminal")
More than two-dozen music-videos directed by filmmaker Mark Romanek (One-Hour Photo) are collected together in this compilation from Palm Pictures. Am...
David Blaine: Above the Below
2003
In part concerns David Blaine's 2003 stunt in which he was sealed in a transparent case suspended 30 feet in the air near the River Thames, London, wi...
David Blaine: Vertigo
2002
as Himself
David Blaine does it again. With 'Vertigo', we see some more incredible magic and unusual illusions. Intercut with the Magic is David - standing on a ...
David Blaine: Fearless
2002
as David Blaine
The magic, wonder, and intrigue of the mystifying David Blaine are now on video with the best of his three TV specials, "Street Magic," "Magic Man," a...
David Blaine - Showman
2001
as Magician
Premier American magician David Blaine's first ever street perfomance, on the streets of Brooklyn, when he swallows a diamond from a wedding ring and ...
David Blaine: Mystifier
2000
as Magician
"In America and across the world David Blaine is already recognised as the greatest performance artist of his time." This program includes the most a...
David Blaine: Frozen in Time
2000
as Himself
On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called "Frozen in Time", which was covered on a TV special. Blaine stood encased in a massive block of ice ...
David Blaine: Magic Man
1998
as Himself
In Magic Man, Blaine is shown traveling across the country, entertaining unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City, Atlantic City, Dallas, San Francis...
David Blaine: Magic Man
1998
Producer
In Magic Man, Blaine is shown traveling across the country, entertaining unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City, Atlantic City, Dallas, San Francis...
David Blaine: Street Magic
1997
as Himself
On May 19, 1997, Blaine's first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic aired on the ABC network. According to the New York Daily News, “Blaine...
David Blaine: Street Magic
1997
Director, Executive Producer
On May 19, 1997, Blaine's first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic aired on the ABC network. According to the New York Daily News, “Blaine...
David Blaine: Buried Alive
N/A
In his first public endurance feat, David Blaine was buried underground in a plexiglas coffin underneath a 3-ton water-filled tank for seven days and ...