Wizard of the Desert: An Alexander Vesely Film

Synopsis

This documentary explores the personal life and incredible career work of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., founder of Modern Hypnotherapy. This unsung American genius was a pioneer in psychiatry using radical and unconventional hypnotic techniques to cure not only patients but to control his own debilitating pain and paralysis. The work of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., often referred to as “The Mozart of Communication,” shocked the scientific community with new and effective theories for therapeutic intervention, which even today defy scientific explanation. But it is his personal story that commands our initial attention. How does a child born in the silver mining community of Aurum, Nevada, and soon to be ghost town at 7,500 feet above sea level, survive all odds after being stricken with polio to grow into the man destined to become an evolutionary genius in the fields of hypnosis and psychotherapy?

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Sound Editor	Christoph Burgstaller
	Music	Gerrit Wunder
	Musician	James Allen Roberson
Crew	Digital Effects Producer	Sam Dlugach
	Cinematography	Alexander Vesely
	Digital Effects Supervisor	J. Brian Mead
Directing	Director	Alexander Vesely
Editing	Editor	Alexander Vesely
	Assistant Editor	J. Brian Mead
Production	Producer	Mary Cimiluca
	Executive Producer	Roxanna Erickson-Klein
Camera	Additional Photography	J. Brian Mead
Department	Role	Name

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