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Howard Berger

Costume & Make-Up

Born December 20, 1964 · Burbank, California, USA

Biography

Howard Berger (born 20 December 1964) is a special make-up effects creator who is best known for his work on The Chronicles of Narnia films. He has over 200 films to his credit since 1977. Berger is the co-founder of KNB EFX Group along with Robert Kurtzman and Greg Nicotero. The company specialises in prosthetic makeup, better known as special make-up effects, and has worked on over 400 film and television projects. Berger also often works with Sam Raimi, with whom he has collaborated since 1986. They worked together on Oz the Great and Powerful. He has won an Emmy for the makeup in the TV show The Walking Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Berger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Time Machine Award · 2010
  • Academy AwardBest Makeup and Hairstyling · 2006
  • Sitges Film Festival best special effects award · 2002
  • Emmy Award
  • Academy AwardBest Makeup and Hairstyling · 2013 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Makeup and Hairstyling · 2006 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Michael

2026Special Effects Makeup Artist

Inglourious Basterds

2009Makeup Effects

Reservoir Dogs

1992Special Effects Makeup Artist

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Doc of Chucky

2024as Self

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010as Self

Mulholland Drive

2001Special Effects Makeup Artist

Misery

1990Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Orville

2017Special Effects Makeup Artist

Boogie Nights

1997Special Effects Makeup Artist

Instant Family

2018Makeup Department Head

Evil Dead II

1987Makeup Effects

Lone Survivor

2013Makeup Department Head, Makeup Effects

The Great Debaters

2007Special Effects Makeup Artist

A Simple Plan

1998Makeup Supervisor

Jules

2023Makeup Designer

Patriots Day

2016Makeup Department Head

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Unbreakable

2000Makeup Effects

Licorice Pizza

2021Thanks

Family

2006Special Effects Makeup Artist

Day of the Dead

1985as Spinaround Cave Zombie Shot by John (uncredited)

Challengers

2024Prosthetic Designer

Deja Vu

2006Special Effects Makeup Artist

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019as Self

Seven Psychopaths

2012Special Effects Makeup Artist

Death Proof

2007Makeup Effects Designer

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004Special Effects Supervisor

Vanilla Sky

2001Makeup Supervisor

Night of the Creeps

1986as Beta Zombie

Planet Terror

2007Special Effects Makeup Artist

Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021Makeup Department Head

Hitchcock

2012Prosthetic Supervisor

The Grey

2011Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

Spenser Confidential

2020Makeup Department Head

Drag Me to Hell

2009Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Hills Have Eyes

2006Makeup Effects Designer

Bubba Ho-Tep

2002Makeup Effects

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

2022as Self

Edge of Darkness

2010Makeup Effects

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

2010Makeup Effects Designer

Dreams in the Witch House

2005Special Effects Makeup Artist

Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed

2004Special Effects

Daddy's Home

2015Makeup Artist

Mirrors

2008Special Effects Makeup Artist

I Heart Huckabees

2004Prosthetics

Thir13en Ghosts

2001Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

Tales from the Hood

1995Special Effects Makeup Artist

Intruder

1989Makeup Department Head

Mile 22

2018Makeup Department Head