Steve Kung

Steve Kung Siu-Lung (Cantonese: 龔兆龍 Jyutping: gung1 siu6 lung4) is an American-born Hong Kong sound editor, voice actor, animator and YouTuber who currently works at Wong Sound Effects Studio. The son of filmmaker James Kung, he is notably known for his stick figure animations made with Adobe Flash/Adobe Animate and Half-Life SFX dubs in his "ActionMite" channel on YouTube.

Bio
Kung was born in Rochester, New York on October 8, 1983 to Hong Kong parents. During his childhood, he and his parents spend some of their days eating the garbage plate and sometimes Chinese food during trips to Chinatown, as stated in the 2004 interview. His parents separated when he was 16.

On October 24, 2004, Kung joined during his trip to Marin County, California. His first project at Skywalker was, where Kung served as the assistant sound editor. On October 28, he was hired by to help sound editing, with  and  being his first two projects.

On January 13, 2012, Kung resigned from Skywalker Sound and Valve Corporation in preparation to go back to Hong Kong for tomorrow. He joined Wong Sound Effects Studio in Sham Shui Po District on January 31. On June 5, upon seeing the video "Half-Real-Life bunnyhop discovered", which dubbed Half-Life sound effects over real-life footage on YouTube, he created his own channel called "ActionMite", dedicated to creating stick figure animations and Half-Life SFX dubs. According to his channel's bio, "all they can see in this channel are animations and SFX dubs made by him".

On July 9, 2020, it was reported that Kung has tested negative for coronavirus (COVID-19).

Filmography

 * (2004) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2004) - Sound Editor
 * (2004) - Sound Editor
 * (2004) - Sound Editor
 * (2005) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2005) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2005) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2006) - Sound Editor
 * (2006) - Apprentice Sound Editor
 * (2006) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2006) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2007) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2007) - Assistant Sound Editor
 * (2008-2009) - Sound Editor (Season 2 episodes only)
 * (2009) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2009) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2010) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2010) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2011) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2011) - Sound Effects Editor
 * (2012) - Sound Effects Editor
 * Die in Style (2013)

Sound effects libraries he uses
NOTE: Boldface indicates main library usage.
 * Animal Trax
 * Cartoon Trax Volume 1 (Used rarely.)
 * The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library
 * Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library (Used rarely.)
 * The Premiere Edition Volume 1 + 10
 * Turner Entertainment Co. Sound Effects Library

Favorite Sound Effects

 * Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1103601
 * Hollywoodedge, Short Nose Blowsbul CRT021102
 * SKYWALKER, BOING - PANIC'S HORN SPIKES
 * SKYWALKER, BULLET - OMNIDROID LASER GUN, SCREAM-LIKE
 * SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 04
 * SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET SCREAM WITH DECAY
 * SKYWALKER, HORROR - SAURON'S EYE, FIRE, CHOIR-LIKE
 * SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND
 * SKYWALKER, METAL - MEDIUM SIZE DOUBLE CLANK 02
 * SKYWALKER, ROAR - CONSTANCE SCREAM
 * SKYWALKER, ROAR - STARRO SCREAM
 * SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - EVE'S LASER GUN
 * SKYWALKER, SMASH - BIG WALL SMASH
 * Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03

Trivia

 * One of Kung's favorite characters is Panini from.
 * When Kung resigned Skywalker Sound and Valve Corporation in January 2012, he took a planty of Skywalker Sound, Half-Life and Half-Life 2 sound effect CD libraries with him.