Tate Steinsiek is an award winning SFX Prosthetics artist, Conceptual Artist, and Director. Since the inception of his Makeup Special Effects Company "Ill Willed Productions, Tate has coordinated productions all over the world, including Morocco, Romania, China, India, Mexico, Canada, USA, Ireland, Turkey, & England. For much of his career Tate worked NY mainstays such as Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, and worked long term with the History & Discovery Channels. Tate is also a two time finalist on Syfy's Competition Series FACE OFF, in both Seasons 1 & 5. As a Director, Tate's short films have screened in domestic and international festivals, winning multiple Audience and Jury awards, including the 2008 "Best in the Next in Horror" and "Boost Mobile $10,000 Screenplay contest" with his film CLOWN, starring Norman Reedus, Timothée Chalamet, Rony Cutrone, and Paul Sampson. In 2019, Tate directed the feature film reboot of CASTLE FREAK for FANGORIA FILMS.