Steve Wang

Steve Wang

  • Place of birth: Taiwan

Biography

Steve Wang (Chinese: 王孫杰[1]) is a make-up artist and filmmaker. Born in Taiwan, he and his parents moved to the US when he was nine. His greatest inspirations were the tokusatsu superhero TV shows Ultraman and Kamen Rider, as well as Hong Kong kung fu films including Master of the Flying Guillotine. As a veteran makeup artist and creature designer, Steve has worked with fellow veterans before him including Stan Winston, Rick Baker and Dick Smith. He has received great praise for his film adaptation of the manga superhero Guyver in 1994 called Guyver: Dark Hero.[citation needed] Another project which drew attention to him was the direct to video movie, Drive, which starred Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison. He also made independent films such as Kung Fu Rascals, based on a series of 8 mm short films he did years before. He and his brother Michael Wang, an award-winning commercials director, have recently been hired to work on Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (an adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki), a second attempt at reviving the Kamen Rider Series in the United States, after Saban's Masked Rider of 1995. They write, produce, and direct as "The Wang Brothers". Steve Wang designed a sculpture depicting Sarah Kerrigan (The Queen of Blades), a character from the Starcraft Universe in 2012. The sculpture was placed at the Blizzard Entertainment Office in Versailles, France the same year. He has also made statues of Tryndamere and Ryze, two champions from League of Legends, for Riot Games that same year.

Filmography

Arena

1989

As Sloth

Kung Fu Rascals

1992

As Chen Chow Mein

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here

1988

As Japanese Tourist #2

Monster Squad Forever!

2007

As Himself

Production

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

As Screenplay

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

As Director

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

As Producer

Drive

1997

As Director

Alien Resurrection

1997

As Sculptor

Arena

1989

As Special Effects

Kung Fu Rascals

1992

As Director

Kung Fu Rascals

1992

As Writer

Games of Survival

1989

As Visual Effects Art Director

The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

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As Production Consultant

The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

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As Makeup Effects Designer

Sirens of the Deep

1998

As Director

Full Moon in New York

1989

As Editor

Beauty

1998

As Sculptor

The Monster Squad

1987

As Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

Hell Comes to Frogtown

1988

As Creature Design

The Guyver

1991

As Director

Terror of Blood Gym

1995

As Sound Effects

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

As Editor

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