
Person
Steve Wang
Directing · Taiwan
Biography
Steve Wang (Chinese: 王孫杰) 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.
Known for

The Shape of Water
Thanks

Alien Resurrection
Sculptor

Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Creator

The Monster Squad
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

The Guyver
Director

Drive
Director

Guyver: Dark Hero
Screenplay

Arena
Sloth

Hell Comes to Frogtown
Creature Design

Full Moon in New York
Editor
Filmography
- 2018Wolfman's Got NardsSelf
- 2017The Shape of WaterThanks
- 2015Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End StorySelf
- 2009Kamen Rider: Dragon KnightCreator
- 2007Monster Squad Forever!Self
- 1998BeautySculptor
- 1998Sirens of the DeepDirector
- 1997Alien ResurrectionSculptor
- 1997DriveDirector
- 1995The Great Muta: The Origin Of The DemonProduction Consultant
- 1995Terror of Blood GymSound Effects
- 1994Guyver: Dark HeroScreenplay
- 1992Kung Fu RascalsChen Chow Mein
- 1991The GuyverDirector
- 1989Full Moon in New YorkEditor
- 1989ArenaSloth
- 1989Game of SurvivalVisual Effects Art Director
- 1988Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are HereJapanese Tourist #2
- 1988Hell Comes to FrogtownCreature Design
- 1987The Monster SquadSpecial Effects Key Makeup Artist
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