Steve Wang

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Taiwanese-born American make-up artist and filmmaker

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nameSteve Wang
imageSteve Wang - Drive 1997.jpg
captionWang in 2025
birth_placeTaipei, Taiwan
citizenshipUnited States
occupationFilm director, make-up artist
known_forKung Pow! Enter the Fist
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Steve Wang () is an American make-up artist and filmmaker.

Biography

Born in Taiwan, he and his parents moved to the United States 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.

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, were hired in 2008 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".

In 1999, he designed the visual effects for an aborted Film Roman creation Sirens of the Deep, for the proposed Max Degree TV block, but it was cancelled due to lack of international backers.

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. During the promotion for the beta release of Firefall, Wang was commissioned to create sculptures of game characters to be displayed at conventions.

Filmography

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References

References

  1. TWworldofwarcraft. (2016-08-07). "阿薩斯雕像幕後推手 Steve Wang 王孫杰 － 專訪特輯".
  2. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/07/10/the_guyverdvd_review.shtml BBC] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-06-14)
  3. Schlosser, Joe. (July 19, 1999). "Film Roman on syndie march". [[Broadcasting & Cable]].
  4. Pursell, Chris. (1999-07-19). "Film Roman to ride teen wave".
  5. (December 13, 1999). "No Max deal". [[Broadcasting & Cable]].
  6. (2011-08-29). "The unfairness of female body armor illustrated".

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