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Stephen

Just when they think they have all the answers....I change the questions. -Hot Rod

About Me

I'm a special effects make-up artist, martial arts practitioner, and avid poker player (no limit Hold 'Em addict!). My passions are: Film, live acoustic music, cool people, an occasional video game (HALO still rules, Grand Theft Auto never grows old, and anything horror survival based is for me!), comics (Garth Ennis, Frank Miller, Jhonen Vasquez), thunderstorms, Halloween.
Created and applied all special make up effects for the feature films "Zombies" & "Das Hause".
Special effects artist on feature film "Flesh for the Beast".
Make-up artist/prop master/producer on festival award winning short films "Bum Runner" and "H.R.Pukenshette"
Special effects advisor on feature film "Camp Slaughter" (AKA- "Camp Daze")
Producer on Brian Clements feature film "Exhumed"
Special Effects artist on feature film "Beef"
l am sometimes known by the name Keyser Soze. :)
Check out some work I did on the upcoming vampire film "Bloody Marys":
Here's what I did over this past weekend. Rough edit of a death scene from the upcoming short film "The Shed".
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My Interests

Film, Special Effects and Make-up, stop motion animation, cool weaponry, poker, old school hardcore wrestling, good music (I firmly believe that you can alter a persons mood by playing a certain piece of music or song, I do it to myself all the time). People who are creative, artistic, and self-reliant.

I'd like to meet:

This poor soul.

Oh wait...I already have. I killed him myself for the feature film "Zombies". :)

Here's some cool cats I've already met.




My Friends Are Cooler Then Yours :P
I have oh so many cool cats to chill with.

Crazy Box Head

Triangle Man

Coolest Chick on Earth

Kansas: AKA Evil Supergirl

Steward

Matt the Hippie Warrior

Magnethead

J-fucking-A

JENN

Rachael

Evil Draven

HR Pukenshette: The Feature Film

Jackie

Chaz

Shiraz

Natedogg

Drew

John J. Y..

Evil Ogre

Hooty McBoobs

View All of Steve's cool Mo Fo's

Music:

The Clash (London Calling. Best. Album. EVER. Fuck you.), XTC, Joe Jackson, The Cure, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Depeche Mode, Blink 182, A-Ha, Leonard Cohen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madness, O.M.D., Bob Marley, NIN, The Cranberries, Modern English, The Fixx, Ice Cube, the Happy Happy Joy Joy song.....if it sounds good to me, I dont really give a poop what type of music its classified as, I like it.

Movies:

Donnie Darko, City of Lost Children, True Romance, Dawn of the Dead, The Crow, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Slap Shot, Lone Wolf and Cub series, Asian Martial Arts / horror / & anima, Princess Bride, Labyrinth (Bowie ROCKS as the Goblin King!), cheesy 80's horror (Night of the Demons, The Prowler, Demons, its all good shit), anything by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith (yes, even Jersey Girl bucko!)...the list is endless, I have more DVD's then any video store in New Jersey. I am never bored.

Kevin Smith once again proving why he rocks on the mic.

Television:

Lost, The Unit, South Park, Entourage, anything poker related (favorites are High Stakes Poker, National Heads Up, WSOP & WPT), Smallville, Supernatural, Ultimate Fighter, Family Guy, Doctor Who

Past faves who shall RIP: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Chapelle Show, Carnivale, Ren & Stimpy, Kids in the Hall, Sopranoes, Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Books:

Anything and almost everything by Joe Lansdale, biographies, 18th century death books, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Andrew Vachss, Anthony Burgess, many many others. I love me some reading, as all good nerds do! :P

Heroes:

Dick Smith, Rick Baker, Tom Savini, Gerald Gergely, Rob Bottin, Stan Winston, Max Rockatansky, Marc Dacascos, Eric Draven, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Bruce & Brandon Lee. Are they heroes? Maybe not, maybe some of them aren't even real people, but I admire what they have all contributed to a passion or belief of mine, be it the arts or a moralistic view of the world.

My Blog

In Remembrance

In memory of Mae Estelle Hicks......1/29/36 - 7/11/04Loving mother.....Silly little sister.....Best friend and confidant.Where are you going? With your long face Pulling downDon't hide away Like an oc...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Song that makes you think.....

Listening to XTC on the drive home from a late night card game and always loved the lyrics to the song "Dear God". If you never heard it, reading the words alone wont do justice so stop being suc...
Posted by Stephen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST