Steve Wang
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Steve Wang (Chinese: 王孫杰; pinyin: Wáng Sūnjié[1]) is a Taiwanese-American make-up artist and filmmaker.[2]
Biography
Born in
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
Rick Baker and Dick Smith
.
He has received great praise for his film adaptation of the
Kamen Rider Series in the United States, after Saban's Masked Rider
of 1995. They write, produce, and direct as "The Wang Brothers".
In 1999, he designed the visual effects for an aborted Film Roman creation Skins for the Deep, for the proposed Max Degree TV block, but it was cancelled due to lack of international backers.[3][4][5]
Steve Wang designed a sculpture depicting
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
Director
- Rollerblade II: Taken By Force (1989) - 2nd unit director
- Kung Fu Rascals (1992)
- Guyver (1991) - co-director
- Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
- Drive (1997)
- Sirens of The Deep (1999 - TV show/pilot)
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999)
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) - 2nd unit director
- Wolvy: Twisted at Birth (2003) - short film
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2009)
Producer
- Guyver: Dark Hero
- Kung Fu Rascals
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
- Beast Wishes
References
- ^ TWworldofwarcraft (2016-08-07), 阿薩斯雕像幕後推手 Steve Wang 王孫杰 － 專訪特輯, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2017-08-07
- ^ BBC Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schlosser, Joe (July 19, 1999). "Film Roman on syndie march" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 48. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Pursell, Chris (1999-07-19). "Film Roman to ride teen wave". Variety. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "No Max deal" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. December 13, 1999. p. 118. Retrieved August 24, 2023.