Steve Wang
Steve Wang is an award-winning make-up artist and filmmaker.
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). He also made independent films such as Kung Fu Rascals, based on a series of 8 mm short films he did years before. He has recently been hired to work on "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" (an adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki), a second attempt at reviving Masked Rider and the Kamen Rider franchise in the United States.
External links
- Steve Wang at the Internet Movie Database
- Steve Wang on MySpace
- Director's Reel on YouTube
- Kung Fu Rascals: The Unofficial Website