Steve Wang

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

Director Rollerblade II: Taken By Force (1989) - 2nd unit director Kung Fu Rascals (1992) The 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