Luís Manuel Curcialeiro Godinho de Matos (born 23 August 1970) is a Portuguese magician. In 2013, he was a co-winner of the "Golden Grolla" alongside Lu Chen and Dynamo. On 19 October 2013, he received "The Devant Award" from The Magic Circle, becoming its youngest recipient.
He had his first guest appearances on television in 1990. Two years later, he hosted his own television series entitled "Isto é Magia!" ("This is Magic"). This was followed by several other TV magic shows.
In 1995, he predicted the winning numbers of Portugal national lottery one week in advance, leading to his rise in prominence. A journalist described him as going from being "the cute kid who does tricks" to being compared to David Copperfield in Portugal.
In the following years, he won several international prizes, such as "Magician of the Year" (Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts−1999) and the “Mandrake d’or” (French Society of Magicians−2000).
In 2003, he cooperated in preparing the opening ceremony for the Estádio do Dragão in Porto. During that ceremony, he had bags with pieces of blue silk distributed to the audience and asked them to hold the pieces aloft simultaneously. Then, he made all the 52,000 pieces of silk vanish, a trick that entered the Guinness Book of Records.
He has made appearances and starred as a regular in TV shows worldwide, like "Shalakabula" in Spain, BBC”The Magicians”, and its latest Spanish version, “Por Arte de Magia”. He had a program for ten years on TVG.
In 2010, in collaboration with David Britland and Marco Tempest, Luis de Matos organized The Essential Magic Conference, which was the first online magic conference at the time. He created ESTÚDIO33 in Ansião, a TV studio, workshop, documentation center, and museum.
Luis de Matos "Special Fellowship Award" by the Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts, April 2013.
In 2013 Luis de Matos received his third award from the Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts, the “Special Fellowship Award."
He organizes the annual “Street Magic Festivals” in Portugal.
1999. "A Magia de Luis de Matos" ("Luis de Matos Magic"/"Mobile Theatre Tour") - first national tour (Portugal), 45 cities, 245 shows took place in a special venue created and designed by Luis de Matos called “Teatro Móvel” ("Mobile Theatre").
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