Colorist Xiang Wang on passion for his work and ‘Acheron’
Growing up in China, Xiang Wang had a lot of spare time and found that the best way to pass it was to watch television. At first, this was a way to entertain himself when he was home alone, but it slowly became much more than that. Wang would study what he watched, seeing how every scene was put together. When he was older and it became time to decide what to do with his life, he knew he was meant to pursue filmmaking, that childhood hobby that turned into a lifetime passion. Now, Wang is an in-demand colorist. He is very sensitive to color and knows just how to make a scene pop. This is evident in his work in films such as Paradise , Wally Got Wasted , Wunderland , and Momo , where audiences around the world have seen his extraordinary talent. When Wang was younger, it was the Marvel films that truly awakened his interest in filmmaking beyond a form of entertainment. He always dreamed that one day he would be able to work on a science fiction film, and when presented wi...