Steve Wang

Directing

Steve Wang

Place of birth

Taiwan

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Steve Wang (Chinese: 王孫杰) 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 K…

Known for

Guyver: Dark Hero poster
5.8

Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

Drive poster
6.2

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

Drive

1997

The Guyver poster
5.5

FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.

The Guyver

1991

Arena poster
5.2

On a distant space station far in the future, the best fighters from every planet vie for the championship in an intergalactic fighting competition. After over fifty years of no human contenders, Steve Armstrong emerges having trained all his life for a shot at the title, only to come up against a ruthless extra-terrestrial crime lord who wants him dead.

Arena

1989

Drive: The Force Behind The Storm poster
NR

Included in the Special Collectors Edition of "Drive", "The Force Behind the Storm" documentary features exclusive 'behind the scenes' footage and out-takes.

Drive: The Force Behind The Storm

2000

Wolfman's Got Nards poster
7.7

A documentary that explores the power of cult film told through the lens of the Monster Squad and the impact it has on fans, cast and crew and the industry.

Wolfman's Got Nards

2018

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

Behind the camera

Guyver: Dark Hero poster
5.8

Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

Guyver: Dark Hero poster
5.8

Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

Guyver: Dark Hero poster
5.8

Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.

Guyver: Dark Hero

1994

Drive poster
6.2

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

Drive

1997

The Guyver poster
5.5

FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.

The Guyver

1991

Sirens of the Deep poster
9.0

Pitch for the unproduced TV show, "Sirens", about a group of singers who have to stop an evil force of monsters.

Sirens of the Deep

1998

Code 9 poster
NR

Two special forces agents enter a warehouse to investigate strange readings that have been emanating from the area.

Code 9

1989

Kung Fu Rascals poster
8.0

In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness in search of "The Power Most Big".

Kung Fu Rascals

1992

Kung Fu Rascals poster
8.0

In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness in search of "The Power Most Big".

Kung Fu Rascals

1992

Kung Fu Rascals poster
NR

A super8 film by noted special effects artist Steve Wang, that would later become the basis for his feature Kung Fu Rascals (1992)

Kung Fu Rascals

1985

Kung Fu Rascals poster
NR

A super8 film by noted special effects artist Steve Wang, that would later become the basis for his feature Kung Fu Rascals (1992)

Kung Fu Rascals

1985