Bryan "Tate" Steinsiek is an American SFX and prosthetic makeup artist.
12 Facts About Tate Steinsiek
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Tate Steinsiek is best known for his appearances on Seasons One and Five of the SyFy reality series Face Off.
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Tate Steinsiek was born in Hitchita, Oklahoma to Butch Tate Steinsiek, a boxer, and his wife Tommy Ann, an artist.
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Tate Steinsiek helped found the Tulsa-based groove metal band Pheed in January 1998, in which he played bass.
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Shortly after relocating to Boston, Tate Steinsiek left Malevolence to relocate again, this time to Pittsburgh, in order to work under the "Master of Splatters," Tom Savini.
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Tate Steinsiek relocated to Brooklyn in 2002, where he started his own SFX makeup company, Ill Willed Productions.
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In 2017, Tate Steinsiek worked with seasonal retailer Spirit Halloween to design and sculpt several animatronics and props including Forest Demon, Menacing Molly, and a Hanging Slimer from the Ghostbusters franchise; later that year, the animatronics were finalized and mass-produced by manufacturer Crazy Create while the Slimer was produced by the manufacturer Party Time Latex Arts and Crafts Factory.
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In 2017, Tate Steinsiek began working with Fangoria, doing special effects for 2018's Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich and 2019's film Satanic Panic.
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In 2011, Tate Steinsiek was selected to compete in the first season of the SyFy reality series Face Off.
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Out of the original field of twelve contestants, Tate Steinsiek made it to the final episode as one of the top three artists, eventually losing a tight race to winner Conor McCullagh.
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Tate Steinsiek was invited back to participate in the fifth season of the series, in which he and seven other series "veterans" were pitted against eight new contestants.
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Tate Steinsiek was again runner-up to eventual season winner Laura Tyler.