Steve Wang

from Taiwan

Artwork for Drive: The Force Behind The Storm

Biography

Steve Wang (Chinese: 王孫杰[1]) 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.

Timeline

2026

  • Poster for Robot Dracula

    Steve

2018

  • Poster for Wolfman's Got Nards

    Self

2017

  • Poster for The Shape of Water

    Thanks

2015

  • Poster for Behind the Mask: The Batman Dead End Story

    Self

2007

  • Poster for Monster Squad Forever!

    Self

2000

  • Poster for Drive: The Force Behind The Storm

    Interviewee

1998

  • Poster for Sirens of the Deep

    Director

  • Poster for Beauty

    Sculptor

1997

  • Poster for Drive

    Director

  • Poster for Alien Resurrection

    Sculptor

1995

  • Poster for Terror of Blood Gym

    Sound Effects

  • Poster for The Great Muta: The Origin Of The Demon

    Production Consultant

1994

  • Poster for Guyver: Dark Hero

    Editor

1992

  • Poster for Kung Fu Rascals

    Chen Chow Mein

1991

  • Poster for The Guyver

    Director

1989

  • Poster for Arena

    Sloth

  • Poster for Game of Survival

    Visual Effects Art Director

  • Poster for Code 9

    Director

  • Poster for Full Moon in New York

    Editor

1988

  • Poster for Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here

    Japanese Tourist #2

  • Poster for Hell Comes to Frogtown

    Creature Design

1987

  • Poster for The Monster Squad

    Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

1985

  • Poster for Kung Fu Rascals

    Chen Chow Mein