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Steve Wang FX

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About Me

I APPRECIATE ALL THE NICE COMMENTS AND MESSAGES BUT PLEASE, DO NOT SEND ME REQUESTS FOR PHOTOS, PROPS, DVD'S. I WILL NOT RESPOND TO THESE REQUESTS!!! I GET REQUESTS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME. IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEND EVERYONE STUFF, BUT IT'S NOT REALISTIC FOR ME TO DO THAT. AND PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR A JOB, HELP YOU FIND A JOB OR HOW TO MAKE A MASK OR MONSTER SUITS. GO TO WWW.MONSTERMAKERS.COM FOR THAT.THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.I DO READ ALL MY MESSAGES, BUT I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM. PLEASE DO NOT POST LARGE HTML HEAVY COMMENTS THAT EATS UP MY BANDWITH AND NO POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS, SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE OR DRUG RELATED MESSAGES. I WILL NOT POST THEM!MY PORTFOLIO IS POSTED IN THE PICTURE AND BLOG SECTIONS, CHECK BACK OFTEN AS THEY WILL BE CONSTANTLY UPDATED. I am a special FX makeup artist , creature designer and film director ( click on my videos to see my reel) I have been working professionally since 1981.

My Interests

POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY ep 310 "The rescue Mission" I directed this back in the late 90's. It was an Aliens-inspired...AHEM..episode. Since Alien was a knock-off of "It, the terror from beyond space" with a new alien, I decided to put the original 50's alien back in this knock-off of Alien. Confused yet?!Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Rescue Mission

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I'd like to meet:

NEW: KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT -- This is the first official trailer for a kid's tv show my brother Mike and I co-executive produced and directed. It's based on a popular Japanese franchise called Kamen Rider. This show uses existing footage from the "Ryuki" series combined with a ton of our own footage, our original characters and and storyline. We made 40 episodes and it should air sometime early 2009 on a major network when the toys are ready!Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Official Trailer
.. MY DIRECTOR'S REELSteve Wang's director's reel
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Music:

Journey, Foreigner, Van Halen, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Missy Elliot, Britney Spears, Yes. Britney! J-POP, Anything by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, U2, The Police, Sting, Old school Hip Hop & R/B, Old school Metal, Keane, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Madonna, Pat Benatar, Kansas, 38 Special, Scorpions, Judas Priest, The Dead Kennedys, Old school Hardcore punk, Tears for Fears, Elton John, Barry Manilow, Beastie Boys, Led Zep, Lynard Skynard, Stevie Wonder, The Cure, Spice Girls, The Go Go's, Atomic Kitten,Disco, Asia, Earth Wind and Fire, Black Eyed Peas, Genesis, George Michaels and Wham!, Art of Noise, The Monkees, The Searchers, The Beatles, The Who, The Fixx, Jewel, Dub Pistols, Rush, Bon Jovi, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, The Jets (80's pop group), Bee Gees, Grease, Eric Serra, Wild Orchid, Yes,Paul Okenfold, and most 80's music, Porcupine Tree...

Movies:

"the world's greatest lover" with Gene Wilder! pure genius! Braveheart, Mel Gibson's epic! Bicentennial Man, Last of the Mohicans, Leends of the Fall, Ironman, All the Star Wars films, All the Indiana Jones films, Donnie Darko, A Chinese ghost story, Jackie Chan Films, Bruce Lee films, more to come...

Television:

Mostly Old shows: Ultraman,

spectreman,

Kikaida,

Kamen Rider

The Super Inframan

Space Giants,

Captain Cosmic, Creature Features,

Hayao Miyazaki films

Lost in Space

The Monkees, Star Blazers, Robotech, X-Files, Northern Exposure, American Gothic, Discovery and history channel, G4-TV, Star Trek, original and next generation. Used to be a news junkie.

Books:

Designing Movie Creatures and Characters by Richard Rickitt. I am featured in one of the chapters. I spill the beans on my painting secrets! Muwahh....

Winston Effect. History of Stan Winston studios. Some great photos of your favorite monsters...oh, and I'm in there too. I was real young.

Heroes:

Chris Mueller Jr. , He sculpted the creature from the Black Lagoon! My all time favorite monster. I own one of his engraved hand made tools. I will cherish it forever!
Below are pictures from my prized collection of Chris in his first studio. See the hand written inscription on the back signed by him!
Wah Ming Chang, Sculptor for George Pal, Made the Gorn, salt vampire and many more for the Original Star Trek TV series.
The Gorn! See a connections between what I do and what inspired me as a kid?
Jackie Chan, The reason I got into making films! The Man is a genius!!! I couldn't put this book down!
Walt Disney, A true visionary!! Walt's favorite song "feed the birds" is also mine too! The industry standard water-based clay "WED clay" is developed for Disney years ago. WED stands for Walter Elias Disney.
Bob Wilkins, Host of Creature Features and Captain Cosmic in the SF bay area. My childhood hero!
Eiji Tsuburaya, creator of Godzilla and Ultraman, The superhero that changed my life!
Shotaro Ishinomori, Creator of Kamen Rider, Kikaida and many of my favorite Japanese superheros! I met him when I was 21. He was awesome!
Don Post Sr., The original mask making master that started it all! His masks inspired me, addicted me and brought me to this point in my career!
Bob Burns, My dear friend! He inspired a generation of artists and filmmakers that inspired me! His stories of the "days of old" needs to be preserved in a book for all generations to share and enjoy!
Dick Smith. The Grand Master of makeup and my friend. Dick developed a lot of the technology and artistry that we still use today. His openess to share his secrets forwarded the development of many generations of makeup artists and helped the industry grow as a whole. 'Respect' for Grand Master Smith Yo!!
Rick Baker, Monster maker! Maverick/Pioneer of special makeup effects as we know it today. One of the original Rock Stars of the glam rock era of fx makeup! As a kid, seeing his work inspired me to be the best I can be. Below is a pic of him sculpting the "funhouse" creature. One of my favorite works of his.
Jack Pierce. One of the "Original" legendary makeup artists. He created the Boris Karloff Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolfman and more. Recognize!
MORE TO COME...

My Blog

Steve Wang's updated resume

Steve Wang's Resume (Film Director) 2006 KAMEN RIDER: DRAGON KNIGHT - Co-Written, Co-Produced and C0-Directed preshow pilot.   2003 WOLVY: TWISTED AT BIRTH - Directed short film. Produced and ...
Posted by Steve Wang FX on Fri, 19 May 2006 03:14:00 PST

Ton of new pics!

So It looks like I will be too busy to put up any more updates to my portfolio blog anytime soon because it just takes so much time to prep, so I decided take advantage of the photo album option the n...
Posted by Steve Wang FX on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:38:00 PST

Some random concept art 2/12/2007

So it's been way too long since I have updated my portfolio. I have a ton of stuff to post but with my busy schedule, can't seem to find the time to post them. Feeling guilty, I decided to post some 2...
Posted by Steve Wang FX on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:37:00 PST

STEVE WANG'S SPECIAL MAKEUP FX PORTFOLIO (Work in progress) updated 7/28/2006

Steve Wang's Special Makeup FX Portfolio (This is a work in progress. It will be a bit of a mess until it's done. I will be updating and organizing this page often ) (Sorry about the ph...
Posted by Steve Wang FX on Sat, 27 May 2006 12:39:00 PST

Making of Illidan from the World of Warcraft (pics!)

8 weeks ago I was hired by Blizzard entertainment for the second time to make a display mannequin for their booth at the E3 videogame convention at the Los Angeles convention center. The characte...
Posted by Steve Wang FX on Sat, 13 May 2006 01:06:00 PST