Steve Wang
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Steve Wang is an award-winning make-up artist and filmmaker.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Taiwan, he and his parents moved to the US when he was 9. 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 two film adaptations of the manga superhero, Guyver (The Guyver and Guyver: Dark Hero). Another project which drew attention to him was the direct to video movie, Drive, which starred Mark Dacascos & 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 "The Wang Brothers."
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Director
- Rollerblade II: Taken By Force (1989) - 2nd unit director
- Kung Fu Rascals (1990)
- The Guyver (1991)
- Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
- Drive (1998)
- Sirens of The Deep (1999 - TV show/pilot)
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999 - TV show/1 episode)
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) - 2nd unit director
- Wolvy: Twisted at Birth (2003) - short film
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2009)
[edit] Producer
- Guyver: Dark Hero
- Kung Fu Rascals
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
[edit] External links
- Steve Wang at the Internet Movie Database
- Steve Wang on MySpace
- Kung Fu Rascals: The Unofficial Website
[edit] Video
[edit] Interviews
- SciFi Japan - Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
- Cold Coffee - Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
- Kung Fu Cinema - Drive
- Kung Fu Rascals: The Unofficial Website
- Latex Mask Central - FX Work
- Henshin Justice Unlimited - Nathan Long Interview
- NERDSociety - Interview with Steve Wang
