cabinet, the top half of which then slides across a blade, appearing to cut the performer in two through the waist. Osmosis – in which a performer seems to disappear inside the magician. Op-Art – the magician's assistant seems to gradually disappear behind a number of square panels, leaving only the head visible. The Lady in the Puzzle – comprises a number of large puzzle pieces which are inserted into an empty frame and rearranged several times to display different images. Finally they are removed to reveal the magician's assistant. Theatre As a researcher of magic history and a designer of special effects for the theatre, Steinmeyer's work has been featured in theatrical shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins and Aladdin. He also created several enhanced effects for the Las Vegas production of Phantom of the Opera, including a special version of Christine's dressing room mirror in Act I and Raoul's torture cage in Act II. Television and other media Steinmeyer has worked as a producer and magic consultant for many magic television shows, and as a consultant and concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, where he developed theme park attractions for The Walt Disney Company. He was the writer and producer of the A&E Network's The Story of Magic, a documentary on the history of magicians. In 1986 Steinmeyer served as technical advisor for the NBC crime drama series Blacke's Magic, starring Hal Linden as magician Alexander Blacke. In 2014 Steinmeyer served as a magic trick consultant/ghostwriter on Neil Patrick Harris's book Choose Your Own Autobiography. Lectures Steinmeyer lectures on magic and creating other theatrical effects at a variety of places including The Magic Castle, The Magic Circle in London, FISM, and TED (1998) Conference in Monterey, California. Awards In 1991 the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) awarded Steinmeyer The Creative Fellowship, recognizing his continuing inventions. The Fellowship awards were created in 1968, and are the magic industry's equivalent of the "Oscars". At that time Steinmeyer was 32 and was the youngest person to ever win a fellowship. In 1996 Steinmeyer received the Milbourne Christopher award in recognition of contribution to magic design and in 2002, he received his second Fellowship award from the Academy of Magical Arts, this time collecting the Literary Fellowship Award. Books He has written many books on magic's history and technical books on techniques of illusions.