Film, Television & Magic

Movies, TV and a Hall of Fame Magical Life

Funding the movies you know, pioneering syndicated television, and a lifetime of magic that led from the Hartford school of magic to the International Magicians Society Hall of Fame.

Global Equity Pictures

Funding the Movies You Know

As sole founder of Global Equity Pictures and co-founder of Global Pictures Media, Stephen funds prints and advertising for major studio releases and independents alike.

Global Equity Pictures business card, Stephen A. Zadrick, CEO, Founder, Executive Producer

Global Equity Pictures

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The War with Grandpa

Robert De Niro

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Replicas

Keanu Reeves

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LBJ

Woody Harrelson, directed by Rob Reiner

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Book of Love

Jessica Biel

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Bad Samaritan

David Tennant & Robert Sheehan

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Friend Request

A Horror Feature

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Arctic Dogs

Animated, featuring the voices of James Franco, Anjelica Huston, Heidi Klum and Alec Baldwin

Television Legacy

Following the success of Cops, Stephen co-produced Highway Patrol and Emergency Call at Universal Studios Orlando, in conjunction with World Trade Entertainment, which Stephen founded with Al Ganaway, and Genesis Entertainment, founded by Gary Ganaway, Al’s son, the leading syndicator of the day. He then pioneered syndicated travel entertainment with Z-TV Entertainment.

World Wide Magic

A Hall of Fame Magical Life

From the Hartford, Connecticut School of Magic in the mid-1970s to the International Magicians Society Hall of Fame: Stephen has spent a lifetime producing, inventing and propagating the magical arts.

Stephen Zadrick presented with the Merlin Award for Lifetime Achievement

Merlin Award · Lifetime Achievement · 2022

The World’s Greatest Magicians Tour

In 1996 Stephen co-produced NBC’s 40-city North American tour and was recognized as IMS Executive Producer of the Year for his work in magic television productions, live stage touring and propagating the magical arts.

Listed Among Legends

Recognized as one of the top magicians in the world for his illusion inventions, staging and executive production, keeping company with David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy and other world-class magical legends.

Melinda: First Lady of Magic

From 1994 through 1997, Stephen produced Melinda’s live stage shows in Las Vegas and her residencies at Caesars Palace in Lake Tahoe, at Trump’s Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, and in Branson, Missouri at the Magical Mansion. Melinda also starred in her own show, which ran for many years in Las Vegas. He also raised the funds for her one-hour foreign television special, partnering with a network in Italy and ZDF in Germany, and was a producer on the CBS Network sweeps-week primetime Walt Disney special.

Merlin Award winners group photo with their Merlin trophies; Stephen Zadrick, back center, right trophy arm up, Hall of Fame Award
Stephen Zadrick, back center, right trophy arm up — Hall of Fame Award
Stephen Zadrick, Hall of Fame Award recipient, with Chloe Crawford, the number one female magician in the world, in front of the International Magicians Society Hall of Fame backdrop

Hall of Fame Evening

Stephen Zadrick, Hall of Fame Award recipient, with Chloe Crawford, the number one female magician in the world.

Stephen was inducted into the International Magicians Society Hall of Fame that evening, and Chloe, already an award winner, took home a Merlin Award of her own.