Each week “The Next List,” with host Dr. Sanjay Gupta, profiles innovators from all walks of life and all fields of endeavor. This new CNN TV series will explore what makes each of these individuals a non-conformist agent of change.

CNN’s goal is to explore why these innovators are successful — and to take a fun peek into their creative worlds.

These subjects are driving change that will impact our lives — in technology, education, entertainment, the arts and natural sciences. We will explore how their passion, personal history and unique thinking enabled their successes today.

Our first Next Lister is Marco Tempest, a magician who’s so unique he wouldn’t even use that word to describe himself. Instead, he refers to himself as a “cyber-illusionist.” Tempest combines videos, computer graphics and other modern technologies with the ideas of old-world magic.

WEBSITE www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/tech/the-next-list-marco-tempest-part-1/index.html