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Howard Berger

Howard Berger

Actor · Born December 20, 1964 (61) · Burbank, California, USA

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.

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Born
December 20, 1964 (61)
From
Burbank, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
92 on MovieCove · 110 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 26% in 30 days

What are Howard Berger's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
55%
Society
34%
Self
11%
Art3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
3
Contemplative
2
Joyful
1

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Howard Berger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 72 of their 92 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (31).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Howard Berger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

110 credits, 92 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Vampire Lestat(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Makeup Department Head · Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Michael(2026)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Challengers(2024)

    Prosthetic Designer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Jules(2023)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Slice! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Howard

  • Curse of the Re-Animator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Thanks

  • Beyond the Resonator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Thanks

  • Licorice Pizza(2021)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Spenser Confidential(2020)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Instant Family(2018)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Mile 22(2018)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Orville(2017)

    Show 14 episodes · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Transformers: The Last Knight(2017)

    Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Patriots Day(2016)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Daddy's Home(2015)

    Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Gambler(2014)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Green Inferno(2013)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Lone Survivor(2013)

    Makeup Department Head · Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Oz the Great and Powerful(2013)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Maniac(2012)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Hitchcock(2012)

    Prosthetic Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Man with the Iron Fists(2012)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Seven Psychopaths(2012)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Grey(2011)

    Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Fright Night(2011)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World(2011)

    Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • I Am Number Four(2011)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf(2010)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The United Monster Talent Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer

  • Edge of Darkness(2010)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Final Destination(2009)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Inglourious Basterds(2009)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Drag Me to Hell(2009)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Mirrors(2008)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Great Debaters(2007)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Death Proof(2007)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Planet Terror(2007)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Reaping(2007)

    Special Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Hitcher(2007)

    Makeup Designer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • We All Scream for Ice Cream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Valerie on the Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Deja Vu(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Chocolate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • The V Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Deer Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • The Damned Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Cemetery Gates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Stoner Dude Doug

  • Desperation(2006)

    Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Hills Have Eyes(2006)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Pick Me Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(2005)

    Prosthetic Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Jenifer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Dance of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • Dreams in the Witch House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D(2005)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Cursed(2005)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events(2004)

    Special Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Riding the Bullet(2004)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • I Heart Huckabees(2004)

    Prosthetics

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning(2004)

    Special Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed(2004)

    Special Effects

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)

    Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Bubba Ho-Tep(2002)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Vanilla Sky(2001)

    Makeup Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Thir13en Ghosts(2001)

    Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Ghosts of Mars(2001)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Planet of the Apes(2001)

    as Gorilla

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Evolution(2001)

    Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Mulholland Drive(2001)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Spy Kids(2001)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Unbreakable(2000)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter(1999)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • House on Haunted Hill(1999)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • A Simple Plan(1998)

    Makeup Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Black Cat Run(1998)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Boogie Nights(1997)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Wishmaster(1997)

    Makeup Effects Designer · as Party Guard #1

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Night Flier(1997)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings(1993)

    Makeup Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Lord of Illusions(1995)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Darkman II: The Return of Durant(1995)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Galaxis(1995)

    Makeup Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Hood(1995)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow(1993)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Ticks(1993)

    Special Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Skinner(1993)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday(1993)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Body Bags(1993)

    Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Doppelganger(1993)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence(1992)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Giggles(1992)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Reservoir Dogs(1992)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Children of the Night(1991)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • From Dusk Til Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Makeup Effects Designer · Special Effects

  • Misery(1990)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Darkside: The Movie(1990)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III(1990)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers(1989)

    Makeup Effects Designer · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • House III: The Horror Show(1989)

    Special Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Intruder(1989)

    Makeup Department Head

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Creepshow 2(1987)

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Evil Dead II(1987)

    Makeup Effects

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Creeps(1986)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist · as Beta Zombie

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Invasion U.S.A.(1985)

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Day of the Dead(1985)

    as Spinaround Cave Zombie Shot by John (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Trancers(1984)

    Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • A Secret Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Ben

Career shape

A full career of 110 titles from 1977 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 110: 5 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 110: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew104 of 110: 102 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score46th

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s9 · 2 acting · 8 crew1990s26 · 1 acting · 26 crew2000s43 · 2 acting · 41 crew2010s21 · crew2020s10 · 1 acting · 9 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Howard Berger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 90; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 92 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up26
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th25
  • Below 25th26

Shape of the crowd

34 of their 92 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned4
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed13
  • Mixed34

Most loved · actor

Day of the Dead (1985)

Midcredits 84th · 73% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Howard Berger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Howard Berger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Greg Nicotero shares the most, 3.

Actors

Mixed roles