Howard Berger

Born 20/12/1964 (59 years old)
Burbank, California, USA

Biography

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Howard Berger developed an intense passion for film and special effects right from early childhood. After graduating and starting to work with two of his idols, Stan Winston and Rick Baker, Berger took a chance and founded his own studio with his colleagues Robert Kurtzman and Greg Nicotero. During the past years K.N.B. EFX Group has worked on innumerable Hollywood productions creating all kinds of special effects and prosthetic make-up until becoming one of the most important companies in the world. Berger won an Academy Award for his work on The Chronicles of Narnia, a just acknowlegement of the career of this surprising special effects artist.

Sitges Film Festival

Makeup artist

Movies
2021	Space Jam: A New Legacy
2020	Spenser Confidential
2019	Alita: Battle Angel - special make-up
	Captive State - special make-up
	Countdown - special make-up
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - special make-up
2018	Alpha - special make-up
	Instant Family
	Mile 22
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2017	Amityville: The Awakening - special make-up
	Thank You for Your Service - special make-up
	Transformers: The Last Knight
2016	Deepwater Horizon
	Patriots Day - make-up, special make-up
	Silence - special make-up
	Within - special make-up
2015	Concussion - special make-up
	Daddy's Home
	Gravy - special make-up
	Ted 2
	The Divergent Series: Insurgent - special make-up
	The Hateful Eight - special make-up
	The Program
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - special make-up
	The Equalizer - special make-up
	The Gambler
	The Interview - special make-up
2013	Lone Survivor - make-up, special make-up
	Oz: The Great and Powerful - special make-up
	Pain and Gain - special make-up
	Texas Chainsaw 3D - special make-up
	The Green Inferno - special make-up
	This Is the End - special make-up
2012	Django Unchained - special make-up
	Hitchcock - make-up, special make-up
	Savages - special make-up
	Seven Psychopaths - special make-up
	The Man with the Iron Fists - special make-up
	The Odd Life of Timothy Green - special make-up
2011	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas - special make-up
	Fright Night - special make-up
	I Am Number Four - special make-up
	Priest - special make-up
	Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World - special make-up
	The Grey - special make-up
	Water for Elephants - special make-up
2010	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
	Edge of Darkness - special make-up
	Piranha 3D - special make-up
	Predators - special make-up
	Shelter - special make-up
	The Book of Eli - special make-up
	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (TV movie) - special make-up
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader - special make-up
	The Last Exorcism - special make-up
	The Ward - special make-up
2009	Dark Country - special make-up
	Drag Me to Hell - special make-up
	Horsemen - special make-up
	Jennifer's Body - special make-up
	Public Enemies - special make-up
	Shorts - special make-up
	Splice - special make-up
	Surrogates - special make-up
	The Final Destination - special make-up
	The Last House on the Left - special make-up
	The Unborn - special make-up
2008	Mirrors - special make-up
	Seven Pounds - special make-up
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - special make-up
2007	Death Proof - special make-up
	Disturbia - special make-up
	Hostel 2 - special make-up
	Planet Terror - special make-up
	Primeval - special make-up
	The Great Debaters - special make-up
	The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It - special make-up
	The Hills Have Eyes II - special make-up
	The Hitcher - special make-up
	The Mist - special make-up
	Transformers - special make-up
2006	Deja Vu - special make-up
	Desperation (TV movie) - special make-up
	Poseidon - special make-up
	The Hills Have Eyes - special make-up
2005	Hostel - special make-up
	House of Wax - special make-up
	Land of the Dead - special make-up
	Serenity - special make-up
	Sin City - special make-up
	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D - special make-up
	The Amityville Horror - special make-up
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - special make-up
	The Island - special make-up
2004	Employee of the Month - special make-up
	I Heart Huckabees
	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - special make-up
	Ray - special make-up
	Riding the Bullet - special make-up
2003	Bad Boys II - special make-up
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - special make-up
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember
	Big Fat Liar - special make-up
	Minority Report - special make-up
	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams - special make-up
	Vampires: Los Muertos - special make-up
2001	Ghosts of Mars - special make-up
	Mulholland Drive - special make-up
	Spy Kids - special make-up
	The Animal - special make-up
	Thir13en Ghosts - special make-up
	Vanilla Sky - special make-up
2000	Picking Up the Pieces - special make-up
	The Cell - special make-up
	The Crow: Salvation - special make-up
	Unbreakable - special make-up
1999	From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money - special make-up
	From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter - special make-up
	House on Haunted Hill - make-up, special make-up
	The Green Mile - special make-up
	The Haunting - special make-up
1998	A Simple Plan - special make-up
	Black Cat Run (TV movie) - special make-up
	Phantoms - special make-up
	The Faculty - special make-up
	Vampires - special make-up
	Very Bad Things - special make-up
1997	Boogie Nights - special make-up
	DNA - special make-up
	Scream 2 - special make-up
	Spawn - special make-up
	The Night Flier - special make-up
	Wishmaster - special make-up
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn - special make-up
	Scream - special make-up
1995	Bad Company - special make-up
	Casino - special make-up
	Galaxis - special make-up
	Lord of Illusions - special make-up
	Vampire in Brooklyn - special make-up
1994	In the Mouth of Madness - special make-up
	Lookin' Italian - special make-up
	The Jungle Book - special make-up
	Wes Craven's New Nightmare - special make-up
1993	Cyborg 2 - special make-up
	Doppelganger - special make-up
	Ed and His Dead Mother - special make-up
	Skinner - special make-up
1992	Army of Darkness - special make-up
	Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence - special make-up
	Reservoir Dogs - special make-up
	The Nutt House - special make-up
1991	Children of the Night - special make-up
	The People Under the Stairs - special make-up
1990	Bride of Re-Animator - special make-up
	Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
	Misery - special make-up
	Sibling Rivalry - special make-up
	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie - special make-up
1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child - special make-up
	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers - special make-up
	House III: The Horror Show - special make-up
	Intruder - special make-up
1987	Creepshow 2 - special make-up
1986	Night of the Creeps - special make-up
1984	Ninja III: The Domination - special make-up

Series
2024	American Primeval
	Episode 6 (E06)
	Episode 5 (E05)
	Episode 4 (E04)
	more episodes (3)
2023	Love & Death - special make-up
	Sssshh - special make-up (E07)
	The Big Top - special make-up (E06)
	The Arrest - special make-up (E05)
	more episodes (4)
2022	Interview with the Vampire - special make-up
	The Thing Lay Still - special make-up (S01E07)
	Like Angels Put in Hell by God - special make-up (S01E06)
	A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart - special make-up (S01E05)
	more episodes (4)
	The Orville - special make-up
	Future Unknown - special make-up (S03E10)
	Domino - special make-up (S03E09)
	Midnight Blue - special make-up (S03E08)
	more episodes (3)
	The Santa Clauses - special make-up
	Chapter Six: A Christmas to Remember - special make-up (S01E06)
	Chapter Five: Across the Yule-Verse - special make-up (S01E05)
	Chapter Four: The Shoes Off the Bed Clause - special make-up (S01E04)
	more episodes (3)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Rest in Peace - special make-up (S11E24)
	Family - special make-up (S11E23)
	Faith - special make-up (S11E22)
	more episodes (12)
2021	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Home Sweet Home - special make-up (S10E17)
	For Blood - special make-up (S11E08)
	Promises Broken - special make-up (S11E07)
	more episodes (6)
	Them
	Day 10 (S01E10)
2020	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	A Certain Doom - special make-up (S10E16)
	The Tower - special make-up (S10E15)
	Look at the Flowers - special make-up (S10E14)
2019	Legion - special make-up
	Chapter 27 - special make-up (S03E08)
	Chapter 26 - special make-up (S03E07)
	Chapter 25 - special make-up (S03E06)
	more episodes (5)
	The Orville - special make-up
	Sanctuary - special make-up (S02E12)
	Lasting Impressions - special make-up (S02E11)
	Blood of Patriots - special make-up (S02E10)
	more episodes (3)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	The Storm - special make-up (S09E16)
	The Calm Before - special make-up (S09E15)
	Scars - special make-up (S09E14)
	more episodes (12)
2018	Legion - special make-up
	Chapter 19 - special make-up (S02E11)
	Chapter 18 - special make-up (S02E10)
	Chapter 17 - special make-up (S02E09)
	more episodes (8)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Wrath - special make-up (S08E16)
	Worth - special make-up (S08E15)
	Still Gotta Mean Something - special make-up (S08E14)
	more episodes (11)
2017	The Orville - special make-up
	Mad Idolatry - special make-up (S01E12)
	New Dimensions - special make-up (S01E11)
	Firestorm - special make-up (S01E10)
	more episodes (9)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	The First Day of the Rest of Your Life - special make-up (S07E16)
	Something They Need - special make-up (S07E15)
	The Other Side - special make-up (S07E14)
	more episodes (13)
2016	Preacher
	Monster Swamp (S01E04)
	The Possibilities (S01E03)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Hearts Still Beating - special make-up (S07E08)
	Sing Me a Song - special make-up (S07E07)
	Swear - special make-up (S07E06)
	more episodes (5)
2015	The Spoils Before Dying - special make-up
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Conquer - special make-up (S05E16)
	Last Day on Earth - special make-up (S06E16)
	East - special make-up (S06E15)
	more episodes (16)
2014	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	A - special make-up (S04E16)
	Us - special make-up (S04E15)
	The Grove - special make-up (S04E14)
	more episodes (18)
2013	Hemlock Grove - special make-up
	Birth - special make-up (S01E13)
	Children of the Night - special make-up (S01E12)
	The Price - special make-up (S01E11)
	more episodes (10)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Welcome to the Tombs - special make-up (S03E16)
	This Sorrowful Life - special make-up (S03E15)
	Prey - special make-up (S03E14)
	more episodes (13)
2012	Breaking Bad - special make-up
	Live Free or Die - special make-up (S05E01)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Beside the Dying Fire - special make-up (S02E13)
	Better Angels - special make-up (S02E12)
	Judge, Jury, Executioner - special make-up (S02E11)
	more episodes (11)
2011	Breaking Bad - special make-up
	Face Off - special make-up (S04E13)
	Bullet Points - special make-up (S04E04)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	Pretty Much Dead Already - special make-up (S02E07)
	Secrets - special make-up (S02E06)
	Chupacabra - special make-up (S02E05)
	more episodes (4)
2010	The Pacific - special make-up
	Home - special make-up (E10)
	Okinawa - special make-up (E09)
	Iwo Jima - special make-up (E08)
	more episodes (2)
	The Walking Dead - special make-up
	TS-19 - special make-up (S01E06)
	Wildfire - special make-up (S01E05)
	Vatos - special make-up (S01E04)
	more episodes (3)
2008	Fear Itself - special make-up
	Community - special make-up (E07)
	Eater - special make-up (E05)
	In Sickness and in Health - special make-up (E04)
	more episodes (3)
2007	Masters of Horror - special make-up
	The Washingtonians - special make-up (S02E12)
	The Black Cat - special make-up (S02E11)
	We All Scream for Ice Cream - special make-up (S02E10)
	Right to Die - special make-up (S02E09)
2006	Deadwood - special make-up
	Tell Him Something Pretty - special make-up (S03E12)
	The Catbird Seat - special make-up (S03E11)
	A Constant Throb - special make-up (S03E10)
	more episodes (9)
	Masters of Horror - special make-up
	Valerie on the Stairs - special make-up (S02E08)
	The Screwfly Solution - special make-up (S02E07)
	Pelts - special make-up (S02E06)
	more episodes (5)
2005	Deadwood - special make-up
	Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To - special make-up (S02E12)
	The Whores Can Come - special make-up (S02E11)
	Advances, None Miraculous - special make-up (S02E10)
	more episodes (9)
	Masters of Horror - special make-up
	Dreams in the Witch-House - special make-up (S01E02)
2004	Deadwood - special make-up
	Sold Under Sin - special make-up (S01E12)
	Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking - special make-up (S01E11)
	Mister Wu - special make-up (S01E10)
	more episodes (9)
1990	Tales from the Crypt - special make-up
	Judy, You're Not Yourself Today - special make-up (S02E11)

Documentaries
2009	This Is It - special make-up

Short
2010	The United Monster Talent Agency - special make-up

Actor

Movies
2022	Slice!
2014	Dolphin Tale 2
2006	Cemetery Gates
2005	Fangoria: Blood Drive II
2001	Planet of the Apes
	Soulkeeper
1997	Wishmaster
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn
1986	Night of the Creeps
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1985	Day of the Dead
1977	A Secret Space

Documentaries
2019	Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2015	Medieval Times: The Making of 'Army of Darkness'
	Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
2011	Nightmare Factory
	Scream: The Inside Story
	Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
	Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
	Thrill Me!: The Making of Night of the Creeps
2008	Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (TV movie)
2007	Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2006	30 Even Scarier Movie Moments (series)
	Hostel Dissected
2004	Monsterama: KNB EFX (TV movie)
2001	Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
	Filmography (series)
2000	Behind the 'Scream'
	Hollywood Goes to Hell (TV movie)
	The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or the Gore the Merrier
1999	The Men Behind the Army
1997	Full Tilt Boogie

Guest

Shows
2017	The IMDb Show
2013	The 85th Annual Academy Awards
2006	The 78th Annual Academy Awards

CONTROL PANEL

Howard Berger

Alita: Battle Angel - special make-up

Captive State - special make-up

Countdown - special make-up

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - special make-up

Alpha - special make-up

Amityville: The Awakening - special make-up

Thank You for Your Service - special make-up

Patriots Day - make-up, special make-up

Silence - special make-up

Within - special make-up

Concussion - special make-up

Gravy - special make-up

The Divergent Series: Insurgent - special make-up

The Hateful Eight - special make-up

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - special make-up

The Equalizer - special make-up

The Interview - special make-up

Lone Survivor - make-up, special make-up

Oz: The Great and Powerful - special make-up

Pain and Gain - special make-up

Texas Chainsaw 3D - special make-up

The Green Inferno - special make-up

This Is the End - special make-up

Django Unchained - special make-up

Hitchcock - make-up, special make-up

Savages - special make-up

Seven Psychopaths - special make-up

The Man with the Iron Fists - special make-up

The Odd Life of Timothy Green - special make-up

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas - special make-up

Fright Night - special make-up

I Am Number Four - special make-up

Priest - special make-up

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World - special make-up

The Grey - special make-up

Water for Elephants - special make-up

Edge of Darkness - special make-up

Piranha 3D - special make-up

Predators - special make-up

Shelter - special make-up

The Book of Eli - special make-up

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (TV movie) - special make-up

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader - special make-up

The Last Exorcism - special make-up

The Ward - special make-up

Dark Country - special make-up

Drag Me to Hell - special make-up

Horsemen - special make-up

Jennifer's Body - special make-up

Public Enemies - special make-up

Shorts - special make-up

Splice - special make-up

Surrogates - special make-up

The Final Destination - special make-up

The Last House on the Left - special make-up

The Unborn - special make-up

Mirrors - special make-up

Seven Pounds - special make-up

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - special make-up

Death Proof - special make-up

Disturbia - special make-up

Hostel 2 - special make-up

Planet Terror - special make-up

Primeval - special make-up

The Great Debaters - special make-up

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It - special make-up

The Hills Have Eyes II - special make-up

The Hitcher - special make-up

The Mist - special make-up

Transformers - special make-up

Deja Vu - special make-up

Desperation (TV movie) - special make-up

Poseidon - special make-up

The Hills Have Eyes - special make-up

Hostel - special make-up

House of Wax - special make-up

Land of the Dead - special make-up

Serenity - special make-up

Sin City - special make-up