HOWARD BERGER
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Special Make-up Effects Artist Howard Berger has over 800 feature film and television credits including Dances With Wolves, Hitchcock, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Orville and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Make-up as well as a British Academy Award for Best Achievement in Make-up. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
CREDITS
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (FILM) (SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS) (2013)
HITCHCOCK (FILM) (PROSTHETIC MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2012)
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (FILM) (SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS) (2006)
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (FILM) (SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS AND CREATURES) (2005)
ARMY OF DARKNESS (SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS) (MAKEUP EFFECTS SUPERVISOR) (1992)
ALIENS (FILM) (1986)
HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (FILM) (MOLDMAKER) (1987)
GARY ARCHER
DENTAL PROSTHETIC TECHNICIAN
Gary Archer originally from the UK, is a Los Angeles based makeup artist/dental technician who has specialized in the creation, design and fabrication of dental prosthetics and oral appliances for almost 400 films, television shows and theatrical productions. Some of his past and most recent works have been the iconic AUSTIN POWERS teeth, the legendary BLADE fangs, and several custom dental prosthetics for ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA Gary’s studio, G.A.Enterprises, offers custom dental prosthetic services all across the US, Canada and throughout Europe via our affiliate partners.
CREDITS
STRANGER THINGS (TV SERIES) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2022)
OBI-WAN KENOBI (TV SERIES) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2022)
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (FILM) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2021)
WATCHMEN (TV MINI-SERIES) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2019)
UNCUT GEMS (FILM) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2019)
AMERICAN HORROR STORY (TV SERIES) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2006)
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (FILM) (DENTAL PROSTHETICS) (2002)
BRUCE FULLER
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Bruce Spaulding Fuller has enjoyed a career in makeup effects for over 35 years, working with all of his idols and role models such as Rick Baker, Stan Winston, KNB FX, and has supervised makeup on such shows as Resident Evil Extinction and Army of Darkness. In the 1980’s Bruce was able to follow his dream and make the permanent move to Hollywood for a long string of credits that include Dick Tracy, The first three Underworld Films, Terminator 2, Hellboy 2., AVP and many more. Currently Bruce is enjoying working on all types of movies and television show such as American Horror Story, The Star Trek Franchises, The Orville, and the Star Wars Franchises He also gives back by teaching when time allows, where he continues to be inspired by the current crop of talent and enthusiasm he encounters all around the world.
CREDITS
OBI-WAN KENOBI (TV SERIES) (SPECIAL EFFECTS) (2022)
CAPTAIN MARVEL (TV SERIES) (PROSTHETIC MAKEUP ARTIST) (2019)
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (FILM) (SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS) (2018)
AMERICAN HORROR STORY (TV SERIES) (2016)
RESIDENT EVIL EXTINCTION (FILM) (MAKEUP EFFECTS SUPERVISOR) (2007)
ALIEN VS PREDATOR (FILM) (SPECIAL EFFECTS) (2004)
ARMY OF DARKNESS (FILM) (SCULPTOR & SFX APPLICATION) (1992)
LOIS BURWELL
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Lois Burwell is an iconic Oscar-winning makeup artist, whose career includes Legend, The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Fifth Element, Saving Private Ryan, The Last Samurai and Lincoln. In 1996, Burwell won the Academy Award for her phenomenal work on the historical war epic, Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Working alongside director Steven Spielberg, she was nominated for her work on Saving Private Ryan, a film that started a longtime collaboration between the two artists. They continued to work together on Catch Me if You Can, War of the Worlds, War Horse, Lincoln, The BFG, and Ready Player One. For Lincoln, Burwell designed the prosthetics transforming actor Daniel Day Lewis into the 16th President of the United States using paintings and photographs from the era to build the impressive look.
Off set, she was elected governor for the Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Then, in 2017, she was elected the first Vice President of the Academy. Lois Burwell is also known for starring as a judge on the SyFy television series Face Off, replacing makeup artist Ve Neill in the show’s seventh season. As of 2022, she has worked on six films that have gone on to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
CREDITS
THE FIFTH ELEMENT (MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD) (1997)
BRAVEHEART (MAKEUP ARTIST) (1995)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (KEY MAKEUP ARTIST) (1998)
THE LAST SAMURAI (MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2003)
WAR OF THE WORLDS (MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2005)
READY PLAYER ONE (MAKEUP DESIGNER) (2018)
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (CHIEF MAKEUP DESIGNER) (1996)
THE PRINCESS BRIDE (MAKEUP SUPERVISOR) (1987)
VIVIAN BAKER
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Vivian Baker is an Academy Award® winning, BAFTA winning, Emmy Award winning makeup artist with over 30 years of experience. Known for her dedication to her art, her beginnings were in the fashion and beauty industry.
After a successful fashion and beauty career, Vivian fell in love with character makeup and started her journey as a film makeup artist. Because of her wide array of experience, she has the most range as a makeup artist of anyone in the world.
Vivian is a member of the IATSE Local 706 Los Angeles & Local 798 New York. She is also a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences and the Television Academy.
CREDITS
SPIRITED (MAKEUP DEPARTMENT) (2022)
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (MAKEUP ARTIST) (2022)
FREE GUY (MAKEUP ARTIST & DESIGNER) (2021)
THE RHYTHM SECTION (MAKEUP ARTIST) (2020)
BOMBSHELL (MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2019)
AVENGERS: ENDGAME (MAKEUP ARTIST) (2019)
A SIMPLE FAVOR (PERSONAL MAKEUP ARTIST) (2018)
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (MAKEUP ARTIST) (2018)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2 (MAKEUP ARTIST) (2017)
JUSTIN RALEIGH
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Justin L Raleigh is an Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy and MUAHS Guild award-winning creative effects artist, as well as owner and CEO of Fractured FX Inc. With nearly 30 years in the special make-up effects industry. Justin has managed and art directed the creation of the special make-up effects, visual effects hybrid makeups, and specialty costumes for some of the most groundbreaking films and television series of recent years.
CREDITS
SWEET TOOTH (SFX & PUPPET DESIGNER) (2023)
KIMI (PROSTHETIC DESIGNER) (2022)
AMERICAN CRIME STORY (PROSTHETIC DESIGNER) (2021)
MIGNIGHT MASS (PROSTHETIC DESIGNER) (2021)
MALIGNANT (PROSTHETIC DESIGNER) (2021)
WESTWORLD (SFX DESIGNER & DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2018-2021)
ELI (SFX DESIGNER) (2018)
BIG LITTLE LIES (KEY MAKEUP ARTIST) (2019)
ANNABELLE COMES HOME (DEPARTMENT HEAD) (2019)
MICHAEL DEAK
SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS ARTIST
Michael Deak is a highly experienced 39-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. Starting out as a Production Assistant at Roger Corman’s New World Studios, he was quickly offered the opportunity to work as an intern for the make-up effects team on George Romero’s horror classic, DAY OF THE DEAD. Next, Mike joined the team at John Beuchler’s MMI and was soon promoted to on-set FX Supervisor. While at MMI, Michal enjoyed a three-year stint at Empire Studios Productions in Rome, Italy plying his skills and experience on popular cult favorites such as FROM BEYOND with acclaimed director, Stuart Gordon.
In the years following, Michael was shop/location supervisor for world-renown creature effects creators Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang, and KNB Effects. He also ran Alchemy FX Studios, an in-house effects company for Full Moon Pictures, owned and operated by filmmaker Charlie Band.
During his lengthy career, Michael has played an integral part of the special effects process on projects ranging from extremely low budget genre films to major box office hits. He has worked alongside A-list directors such as Michael Bay, Tony Scott, and Wolfgang Petersen.
In addition to his effects supervision background, Michael acted in numerous movie projects as a specialty suit performer. His acting credits include TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE (mummy in “Lot 249” and the gargoyle in “Lover’s Vow”), SPECIES, POWER RANGER TURBO (Maligore), CELLAR DWELLER, LITTLE NICKY (Gary the Bigfoot), WEREWOLF WOMAN OF THE SS, as well as a slew of creature characters for television that include MONSTERS, WEIRD SCIENCE, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.
CREDITS
TRANSFORMERS (2007)
DEJA VU (2006)
TRON LEGACY (2010)
HALLOWEEN II (2009)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)
BAD BOYS II (2003)
HULK (2003)
TREMORS 4 (2004)