
Van Ling
Van Ling is a visual effects supervisor, film producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs.
Biography
Van Ling is a visual effects supervisor, film producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs. Ling graduated summa cum laude from the USC School of Cinema-Television. He began his career as a visual effects supervisor for The Abyss and became head of production on Lightstorm Entertainment, for which he continued with many major motion pictures and television, including Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Walking Dead, Starship Troopers, Dr. Dolittle, Vanilla Sky and many others.[3] He had a brief cameo in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, as the Chinese man, who was in real-life, a Chinese passenger booked under the name of Fang Lang (original name Wing Sun Fong, 方榮山), whom Fifth Officer Harold Lowe rescued from the sea. Van is also an active member of the Visual Effect Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America and the Visual Effects Society, the latter in which he served six terms as Board of Directors. He wrote and directed Cliffs of Freedom, an indie drama film starring Christopher Plummer, Billy Zane, Lance Henriksen, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone, Costas Mandylor, and Kevin Corrigan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Van Ling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Titanic1997 · Chinese Man4.0ActuallyLike
Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991 · Cyberdyne Tech4.1ActuallyLike
Men in Black1997 · Sound Designer3.6ActuallyLike
Starship Troopers1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.6ActuallyLike
The Abyss1989 · Producer3.7ActuallyLike
Not Another Teen Movie2001 · Visual Effects Supervisor2.9ActuallyLike
Doctor Dolittle1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor2.9ActuallyLike
Stir of Echoes1999 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.3ActuallyLikeActuallyLike pages
Cast credits
Crew credits
Titanic1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor4.0ActuallyLike
Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991 · Visual Effects Coordinator, Producer4.1ActuallyLike
Men in Black1997 · Sound Designer3.6ActuallyLike
Starship Troopers1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.6ActuallyLike
The Abyss1989 · Producer3.7ActuallyLike
Not Another Teen Movie2001 · Visual Effects Supervisor2.9ActuallyLike
Doctor Dolittle1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor2.9ActuallyLike
Stir of Echoes1999 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.3ActuallyLike
Deep Rising1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.1ActuallyLike
Soldier1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor3.2ActuallyLike
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'1993 · Executive Producer4.1
Cliffs of Freedom2019 · Director, Screenplay3.5
Last Man Standing2011 · Visual Effects Supervisor2.2
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects2003 · Producer, Director3.5
T2: More Than Meets the Eye1993 · Director3.4
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'2001 · Producer, Director, Editor3.0TThe Man Who Loved Fat Dancing1986 · Sound