Howard Berger

Howard Berger

make-up department, special effects, additional crew

Howard Berger was born on Dec 20, 1964 in USA. Howard Berger's big-screen debut came with Ghoulies directed by Luca Bercovici in 1984. Howard Berger is known for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood directed by Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth. Howard Berger has got 14 awards and 24 nominations so far. The most recent award Howard Berger achieved is Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. The upcoming new movie Howard Berger plays is Father Stu which will be released on Apr 15, 2022.

Howard Berger was born in Los Angeles, CA. Howard was raised on monster films and knew at an early age someone made those monster for the movies and began figuring it out at age 8 when he was introduced to Famous Monster of Filmland Magazine. His parents were very supportive and indulged his obsession of makeup and monster. When Howard went to a sci-fi convention in LA, he saw his idol Rick Baker speak and that was it! Howard was hooked and with the inspiration from Rick, Stan Winston, Dick Smith, Rob Bottin and others, he forged a path towards his career in film and TV as a special makeup effects artist.Once out of high school he began working at Stan Winston Studios on PREDATOR, ALIENS, PUMPKINHEAD and then moved on to work for Rick Baker on the Oscar winning HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS.Howard ended up meeting fellow monster makers Greg Nicotero and Robert Kurtzman and the 3 became fast friends, room mates and eventually co-owners of KNB EFX GROUP, which was founded in 1988. In the decades to come Howard and Greg would gather a cache of great directors, actors and films to work with and in 2006, Howard won an Oscar for the makeup work in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Howard would then be nominated again for his work on Sir Anthony Hopkins for the film HITCHCOCK.Howard continues to be a guiding force at KNB, along with Greg Nicotero, and has added being a Makeup Dept. Head to his list of achievements, starting with Peter Berg's film LONE SURVIVOR. In the past decade he has Dept. Headed over a dozen films and TV series.Howard is a Governor of there Makeup Artists and Hair Stylist Branch at the AMPAS. He lives in Sherman Oaks with artist wife Mirjam and he has 3 grown children, none of which followed in his foot steps, and followed their own dreams as he did.

  • Birthday

    Dec 20, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    Burbank, California, USA
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

14 wins & 24 nominations

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2016
Best TV Makeup/Creature FX
Winner - Chainsaw Award
2015
Best Makeup/Creature FX
Winner - Chainsaw Award
2015
Best TV Makeup/Creature FX
Winner - Chainsaw Award
2006
Best Makeup/Creature FX
Winner - Chainsaw Award
Online Film & Television Association
2012
Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Series
Winner - OFTA Television Award
2006
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner - OFTA Film Award
2006
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner - OFTA Film Award
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