- Frank Wu
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name = Frank Wu
caption = At Hugo ceremony, WorldCon, Boston 2004
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occupation = Science fiction artist
nationality =Frank Wu is a science fiction and fantasy artist living in Palo Alto. He won the
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in2004 ,2006 , and2007 ; he was previously nominated in 2002 and 2003. He also won the Grand Prize (the Gold Award) in the Illustrators of the Future contest in 2002. In 2008 he was nominated for a fourthHugo Award for Best Fan Artist , but declined the nomination.He works in many media, including acrylic and digital painting. He created a portrait of a
Klingon girl for the documentary about theKlingon language , "". He is a regular contributor to science fiction webzines, such as "The Drink Tank."Wu is also a filmmaker, releasing an animated short, "The Tragical Historie of Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken" in 2006. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCCn8ejw1Ks YouTube - Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken (original version) ] ] A Director's Cut of this short was released in 2007 [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MteAVvr_wrU YouTube - GUIDOLON The Giant Space Chicken DIRECTOR'S CUT Animation ] ] , and a full-length version is now in production. [ [http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/27/feature-film-based-o.html Feature film based on "GUIDOLON The Giant Space Chicken DIRECTOR'S CUT" - Boing Boing ] ] [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/32609854@N00/sets/72157603778702276/ Work for Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken and Friends by Frank Wu - a set on Flickr ] ]
In addition to being an artist, Dr. Wu holds a Ph.D. in bacterial genetics from
University of Wisconsin-Madison , though his dayjob is in patent law. He is also a member of BASFA, the Bay Area Science Fiction Association.References
External links
* [http://frankwu.livejournal.com Frank Wu's LiveJournal Blog]
* [http://www.frankwu.com Frank Wu's Homepage]
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* [http://www.guidolon.com Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken Official Website] and on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MteAVvr_wrU YouTube]
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* [http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/index.htm Home Page of Chris Garcia's "Drink Tank"]
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