Screaming Mad George's SHORT BIO
Screaming Mad George is a master of multimedia, working in any form that fits to create his disturbing, surrealist images. He is best known for the fantastic special effects he's created in movies such as Poltergeist 2, Big Trouble In Little China and Nightmare On Elm Street 4. His hallucinatory concepts are also brought to life via music projects, design work in everything from stage shows to nightclubs, oil paintings and his own films. His personal artistic vision is evident regardless of the media he chose to express it in.
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, the pivotal moment in young George's life as an artist happened when he encountered Salvador Dali's paintings as a teenager. His mind zeroed in on the world of surrealism - something in Dali's expression of the fantastical in the most mundane of settings clicked in young George's head....he saw a way to articulate his own superunknown. He moved to New York City in the late 70s, to study fine art at the School of Visual Arts. In 1978 George formed his first shock performance punk funk band, debuting at CBGB's. Through several name and personnel changes the live shows remained full of pantomime, special stage effects, animation and short films. Early shows of THE MAD featured George (literally) spilling his guts on- stage and climaxed with his self-castration.
In 1983 George produced and directed a video presentation of five of his songs, using special make up effects. This video lead him to the film industry, specifically to Rick Baker (Academy Award- winning special make up effects artist from such films as American Werewolf in London and Michael Jackson's Thriller). With encouragement from Baker, George left the Big Apple for Tinseltown to begin his career in special effects.
In 1986 he formed Screaming Mad George, Inc. and now works happily in all facets of media; live stage sets, conceptual design for album covers, commercials, music videos and films -- he's even supervised the interior design, visual and music concepts for a Tokyo nightclub.
In 1990 George directed his first multimillion-dollar feature film, The Guyver, a live action film adaptation of a popular Japanese comic book. This cult classic is a martial arts monster movie with a sense of humor, and like everything else George has a hand in, it has to be seen to be believed.
Screaming Mad George's appetite for multimedia creation is endless -- he's found a number of appropriate mediums to create his surreal visions. Currently George is developing a screenplay based on his film genre concept Psycho-Fiction, which he intends to direct and produce. He'll create and execute the effects as well.
