Jim Steinmeyer has created special illusions for numerous Broadway and West End shows, including Mary Poppins, Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast. He's also developed effects for Las Vegas magicians, touring shows and television specials, including Siegfried and Roy, Lance Burton, Doug Henning and Ricky Jay.

Many of the popular deceptions used by magicians around the world are his inventions, including David Copperfield's famous Disappearance of the Statue of Liberty.