Who Was Chris Dolan From Wu Tang Saga? Title Card Tribute

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Chris Dolan on Wu Tang was a Motion Picture Electrician from Westwood, New Jersey. He was a union member of Local #52 IATSE NYC.

The recent episode of Wu-Tang: An American Saga saw a title card tribute in memory of the late Mr. Dolan, who dedicated most of his life to serving in the camera and electrical department.

Created by The RZA and Alex Tse, Wu-Tang is an American biographical drama series, which premiered on September 4, 2019, on Hulu.

Season 2 of the series premiered on September 8, 2021, followed by the third and final season which landed on February 15, 2023. The last episode of the season, Episode 8, aired on March 22.

The series is set in the early 1990s in NYC during the height of the crack epidemic. It shows the Wu-Tang Clan’s formation and its rise amid encounters and excesses that came with the epidemic.

It stars Ashton Sanders as RZA, Siddiq Saunderson as Ghostface Killah, Johnell Xavier Young as Gary “GZA” Grice, Shameik Moore as Raekwon, and Julian Elijah Martinez as Mitchell Diggs.

Who Was Chris Dolan From Wu-Tang Saga?

Chris Dolan from Wu Tang Saga was a Motion Picture Electrician, composer, and editor. He passed away on December 20, 2021, at age 59.

He is survived by his wife Kim; his children Christopher and Evelyn Dolan; his father James; his brothers James, John, and Richard; and many nieces, nephews, friends, and fellow workers.

The Westwood native was also a union member of Local #52 IATSE NYC for over four decades.

His full name was Christopher E. Dolan, and according to his IMDb profile, he first worked as an electrician in the 1987 film Wall Street, starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Tamara Tunie.

In 1990, he worked in an American neo-noir crime film State of Grace, directed by Phil Joanou. Though the film was not a box office success, it received generally positive reviews from critics.

The same year, he served as an electrician for Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder, alongside Richard Dolan, Raymond Fortune, Jose Flecha Hernandez, and Angel Pastrana.

His other credits include BlackRain, Night and the City (1992), Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), Firehouse as generator operator (1996), and One True Thing (1998).

Dolan’s most notable credit includes the prison drama television series OZ, created and principally written by Tom Fontana. Oz was the first one-hour series to be produced by HBO.

He worked for the drama for its entire running from July 1997 to February 2003. Chris then worked in Find Me Guilty in 2006 and Pride and Glory in 2008.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga was his most recent work.

Wu Tang An American Saga Episode 8 Recap

Wu-Tang: An American Saga Season 3 Episode 8 marks the third allegorical movie of the season. It aired on March 22, 2023, on Hulu.

The episode follows GZA, who attains the persona of The Genius as he goes through an alternate reality of NYC to unify people using the music from his debut solo album titled Liquid Swords.

And GZA did exactly what he needed to do to bring people together to make that music. He was like on a mission and cared about no other artists though Divine was trying to get other people to be on the album.

But GZA said he needs his brothers in the album and that way the music could sound more organic.

He made it clear he need no other groups or artists on the album besides the Wu-Tang members.

As you watch the episode, you will see him doing the same. Considering the last week’s episode, Divine was supposed to get the album out there to him.

But GZA wanted to wait for that perfect opportunity to do it. He used music to get what he wanted to go against his enemies, as we see throughout the series, and to save his people from violence.

And yes, he was right that the music industry was definitely changing and was watering down the product.

Talking more, viewers finally get to see Method Man, portrayed by David “Dave East” Brewster, in this episode. Viewers have hardly seen him this season and hope to see him in the upcoming episodes.

Season 3 is the final season of the series and has 10 episodes. Episode 9 (titled -After the Smoke is Clear) will air on March 29 and the final episode will air on April 5, 2023.

Wu Tang Also Provided Tribute To Matteo De Cosmo

Wu-Tang: An American Saga also aired a tribute to Matteo De Cosmo. He was an art director and production designer based in New York.

He passed away on April 21, 2020, at age 52, of coronavirus-related health complications in New York. He is survived by his beloved wife, Aris, and son, Marcello.

De Cosmo was notable for serving as the art director for popular ABC television shows such as Luke Cage, The Punisher, and Emergence. He started his career as a set designer and assistant art director.

He also worked as a costume designer on films such as Louis & Frank, Spring Forward, ArrestingGena, and Circus Lives.

He served as an art director on numerous features and despite continuing to work in films such as 21 Bridges (2019), starring Chadwick Boseman, Matteo focused more on television later in his career.

Matteo’s TV credits include Are We There Yet, Madam Secretary, The Affair, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Chappelle’s Show, and Alpha House.

At the time of his demise, he was working on the pilot for the ABC series Harlem’s Kitchen until the production was closed due to the pandemic.

The showrunner of Harlem Kitchen Zahir McGhee said in a statement the veteran art director will be deeply missed.

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