Steve Wang

Steve Wang Chinese ???1 is a makeup 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 Herocitation 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 awardwinning 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 Sabans 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