Wah Chang Corporation is a manufacturing company based in Albany in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1916, mining engineer K. C. Li founded the company, an international tungsten ore and concentrate trading company, in New York state from his native China. In early 1956, the Atomic Energy Commission contracted with Wah Chang to run the U.S. Bureau of Mines zirconium plant in Albany, Oregon, to develop high-purity zirconium for use in the United States Navy's nuclear program.
Designed the titular time travel device used in The Time Machine (1960).
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Although never got any screen credit for his work on the show, he created a lot of props and designs in the first season of "Star Trek" (1966). These include the puppet of Balok for "The Corbomite Maneuver", the Romulan starship for "Balance of Terror" and the Gorn's full body make-up for "Arena".
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Created the flip-open communicator and the medical tricorder for Star Trek (1966)
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II
2004
TV Series additional designs - 2 episodes
Star Trek
TV Series designer - 9 episodes, 1966 - 1967 prop designer - 1 episode, 1986
Land of the Lost
1974-1975
TV Series dinosaur character design - 30 episodes
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
1968
special props
Planet of the Apes
1968
special props - uncredited
The King and I
1956
designer: Siamese masks - uncredited
The Way of Peace
1947
Short puppet designer - as Wah Ming Chang
The Flying Jeep
1946
Short models
The Lady Said No
1946
Short models
Bambi
1942
character maquettes - uncredited
Tulips Shall Grow
1942
Short character designer - uncredited
Fantasia
1940
character maquettes - uncredited
Pinocchio
1940
character maquettes - uncredited
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Power
1968
special visual effects - uncredited
Star Trek
1966
TV Series model builder - 2 episodes
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
special visual effects
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
special visual effects
Jack the Giant Killer
1962
stop-motion animator
Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962
stop-motion animator: cyclops - uncredited
Atlantis, the Lost Continent
1961
visual effects - uncredited
Dinosaurus!
1960
special photographic effects
The Time Machine
1960
special photographic effects
Tom Thumb
1958
animator
Monster from Green Hell
1957
designer: stop-motion puppets - uncredited
Kronos
1957
creator: stop-motion puppet - uncredited
Special Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Big Daddy
1969
creator: alligators
Master of the World
1961
special effects
Spartacus
1960
creator: forced perspective figures - uncredited
The Black Scorpion
1957
creator: scorpion puppet - uncredited
Tarantula
1955
creator: tarantula puppet - uncredited
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953
creator: spider puppet - uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Magic Pony
1985
Alphabet Roll Call
1974
Short
Dinosaurs, the Terrible Lizards
1970
Short
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hardrock, Coco and Joe: The Three Little Dwarfs
1951
Short animator - uncredited
Suzy Snowflake
1951
Short animator - uncredited
Variety Girl
1947
animator: puppetoon sequence - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alphabet Roll Call
1974
Short producer
Dinosaurs, the Terrible Lizards
1970
Short producer
The Way of Peace
1947
Short producer - as Wah Ming Chang
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cleopatra
1963
special headresses - uncredited
Can-Can
1960
special costumes - uncredited
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Way of Peace
1947
Short as Wah Ming Chang
Make Up Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
animal head masks - uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Puppetoon Movie
1987
Puppetoon creative artist: United States - as Wah Ming Chang
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1985
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993
Video documentary
Himself
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1985
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1994
George Pal Memorial Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Known for movies
Land of the Lost (1974-1975) as Art Department
The Time Machine (1960) as Visual Effects
Planet of the Apes (1968) as Art Department
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) as Art Department
$2 Million
