American Illusionist

The legend Johnny Thompson was an American illusionist who performed under the stage name “The Great Tomsoni” with his wife, Pamela Hayes. This film tells several unknown life stories from his first job in a Chicago circus to the end of his life. Johnny brought peace, love, and magic to inspire people and made the world a better place.

  • Antonia Tong
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    120
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Independent Film Award
    Los Angeles
    July 23, 2022
    Gold Winner- Feature Scripts
  • International Screenwriting Competition
    Fort Lee, New Jersey , USA
    January 7, 2023
    Semi-finalist
  • New York international screenplay award
    New York
    April 27, 2023
    Quarter finalist
Writer Biography - Antonia Tong

Antonia Tong is American Chinese Filmmaker, Artificial intelligence researcher, writer, and Fin-tech Entrepreneur. She speaks five languages and is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
She started to draw stories when she was 4 years old and attended the Guangzhou Academy of fine art when she was 13 years old, studying with some of the most well-known storyboards and fine art professors from southern China. Later she went on to study animation drawing from Disney “Lion King “animators and storyboard artists. She also studied European civilization, French, and literature in France, and theater art in Greece between 2011-2014.
她曾跟随油画大师刘盛夫学习素描，岭南画派大师刘凯焰学习花鸟写意，岭南画派大师黄一翰学习速写，岭南画派大师赵春恒学习中人物和静物素描。
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d4WzcW0AAAAJ&hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tongantonia

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Official electronic press kit is available upon request.
Official production budget / business plan is also available under NDA.
I also finished a 189 pages longer version, it is available under NDA.