Matthew Yang King

Matt Yang King is the recipient of the CAPE/Hollywood Foreign Press Young Screenwriters Award and the creator, writer, and director of The World of Steam, a web series reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, set within a Steampunk universe.
Born in New York City, King began playing the violin at age 5 and started studying Aikido at age 8, twin disciplines that fostered a lifelong passion for music and martial arts. His interest in performance and acting ultimately guided him to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
After leaving school, King stepped away from acting to study Zen while sweeping mats in a dojo, and subsequently worked as a broker's assistant on Wall Street. Through a series of strangely coincidental events, King found himself in the Broadway production Titanic: The Musical, where he toured 38 of the 50 states, eventually settling in Los Angeles after 486 shows.