George Wang is a

Taiwanese American Taiwanese Americans () are Americans who carry full or partial ancestry from Taiwan. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in the state of Califo ...

film and television producer, best known for ''Snakehead'' (2021) and ''

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'' (2017). He is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. His brother is Taiwanese American pop singer Dawen Wang.

Career

Digital content

George Wang began his career in early 2011, producing his first short film, ''

3 Minutes ''3 Minutes'' is an action-oriented short film that was released on January 10, 2011. Production on the film commenced in 2010, with director Ross Ching at the helm, alongside producers Don Le and George Wang. The film stars Harry Shum, Jr., ...

'' with

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and director Ross Ching. Starring

Harry Shum Jr. Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and singer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series ''Glee'' (2009–15), Benson Kwan on the ABC television series ''Grey's Anato ...

and Stephen “tWitch” Boss, with

Katrina Law Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance'', Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series ''Arrow'', Karen Beach on the ...

, ''3 Minutes'' became Wang, Le, and Ching's breakout piece. Chosen as "Vimeo’s Staff Pick", ''3 Minutes'' was also screened at the 2011

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and other festival screenings that year including the Newport Beach Film Festival and

Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) (french: link=no, Festival international du film de Genève) is an annual film festival founded in 1995. The festival, previously called the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, was renamed ...

. From 2010 to 2012, Wang collaborated and produced digital content with noted talent such as Just Kidding Films,

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Wong Fu Productions Wong Fu Productions is an American filmmaking group founded by Wesley Chan (born April 27, 1984), Ted Fu (born October 26, 1981), and Philip Wang (born October 28, 1984). The trio met at the University of California, San Diego in 2004 and prod ...

, Kid David, Luigi,

Tyler Shields Tyler Shields (born April 29, 1982) is an American photographer, screenwriter, director, and former professional inline skater. Shields is known for his provocative photography involving violence and danger. Shields gained additional notoriety ...

AJ Rafael Arthur Joseph Rafael (born March 12, 1989), known professionally as AJ Rafael, is a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and TikToker. Born in Moreno Valley, California, he graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2010. Rafael st ...

KevJumba Kevin Wu (born June 12, 1990) is an American former YouTuber best known under the username KevJumba. The ''San Francisco Chronicles Jeff Yang has noted that Wu is not a comedian in the conventional sense but that by "just talking eis, well, ...

Jamie Chung Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series '' The Real World: San Diego'' and subsequently through her appe ...

, Japanese pop idol

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, Taiwan pop star

Dawen Dawen Wang (), known as Dawen, is an American singer and songwriter. He first gained prominence when he won Kollaboration Acoustic 4. Dawen's first single "Wake Up", deals with Asian American stereotypes and prejudice towards minorities, and is ...

, and many others.

Commercials & music videos

At the same time, Wang started branching out into commercial work and music videos. Notable clients include

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, Aéropostale,

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, and the 2015 spot, ''The Profiler'' for

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. During this period Wang began producing content in Asia, starting with Taiwan. His first project was producing a music video for Taiwan band

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五月天 Mayday () is a Taiwanese band that released their first album in 1999 with five members, Monster (leader, lead guitar), Ashin (vocal), Stone (rhythm guitar), Masa (bass) and Ming (drums). Formerly called So Band, they came to be known as Mayda ...

in America, shooting on locations throughout Nevada for ''Cang Jie'' 倉頡. Some highlights include producing music videos for pop artists,

Vanness Wu Vanness Wu (; born August 7, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American singer and actor. He is a member of the Taiwanese boyband F4 and the Korean Mandopop duo Kangta & Vanness. Early life Wu was born in Santa Monica, California. He learned to breakdanc ...

(吳建豪), Nana Lee (

李千娜 Lee Chien-na (; born 22 November 1984) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Career In 2007, Lee's entertainment career started as a participant in Season 2 of ''One Million Star''. In April 2009, Lee collaborated with Chou Chuan-huing, her te ...

), Kimberly Chen
陳芳語
, Dawen Wang (王大文),

Wanting Qu Wanting Qu (; born October 10, 1984), known simply as Wanting, is a Chinese-born singer-songwriter and pianist who is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Wanting Qu was born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, w ...

( 曲婉婷), and Vietnamese-American Mai Tiến Dũng’s ''Tối Nay Em Muốn Sao feat. L.J.'' In addition to producing Taiwan content, Wang has collaborated with international brands such as

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, and others.

Film & television

In 2012, Wang began his transition to television as the producer of the TV show Mashbox on

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, with

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serving as Executive Producer. In 2013, Mashbox was nominated for a NAMIC Visions Award (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications), in the category of “Digital Media – Long Form”. Wang followed Mashbox as the Supervising Producer for Season 3 of ''Short Notice'', a TV series on Mnet America, a subsidiary of Korean giant

CJ Entertainment CJ Entertainment (Hangul: CJ 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean film production and distribution company under CJ ENM. The company operates as a film production company, film publishing house, investment and exhibition. History During early 1 ...

. Wang also produced two episodes in Taiwan for ''Asia’s Got Talent'' (Season 1) in 2015 for

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. In 2015, Wang worked on his first feature, ''

'' (2017), starring

Godfrey Gao Godfrey Gao (; 22 September 1984 – 27 November 2019) was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor. Described as Asia's first male supermodel, Gao was the first male Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. As an actor, he was known f ...

and

Clara Lee Clara Lee (; born Lee Sung-min () on 14 January 1985), better known by her mononym Clara, is a Swiss-born British actress and model based in South Korea. Career Clara (born Lee Sung-Min，李成敏) made her entertainment debut under her birt ...

, as an Associate Producer. He followed in 2017 with his second feature, ''Snakehead'' (2021), starring

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and Shuya Chang, directed by

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, shot on location in Taiwan. Wang is currently developing narrative content for feature film, television, and OTT.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, George American film producers American people of Taiwanese descent American people of Chinese descent Living people Television producers from California Year of birth missing (living people) University of California, Los Angeles alumni Taiwanese film producers