Howard Berger

Howard Berger shows off alien headpieces at the August 8, 2017 press tour.

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**Howard Berger** is a special make-up effects artist on *The Orville*. He was the make-up department head for Season 1.

## Background

The son of a Hollywood sound engineer, Berger wanted to design monsters for movies since he was a child.

Berger began working on films, television, and theater the day after graduating high school in 1977. He is well known for his designs on a variety of projects and has earned multiple awards for his work on *The Walking Dead*, *The Chronicles of Narnia* series, *Hitchcock*, and *Oz the Great and Powerful*.

He worked under Seth MacFarlane and executive producer Jason Clark, creator of The Orville, on *Ted 2*.

## The Orville

In early 2016, Clark approached Berger with the opportunity to join an upcoming show "with a lot of aliens on it." Clark had remembered Berger's work on *Ted 2,* in particular his work on a scene set at a comic-con that featured an impressive variety of make-up and costume designs. Berger agreed, read the pilot script, and phoned MacFarlane with suggestions. Over the course of the first season, Berger and key make-up artist Tami Lane designed most of the aliens on the show.

Berger lost his job as head of the make-up department while away for first half of Season 2, working instead on the set of *Mile 22*. When he returned Tami Lane (who used to work under him) had been promoted to department head and Berger was re-employed as a special make-up effects artist, focusing on alien creatures.

## Awards

For their work on Season 1 of The Orville, Berger was nominated alongside Tami Lane and Garrett Immel by the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards for Best Special Make-up Effects - Television and New Media Series.

## Trivia

* Both he and wardrobe designer Joseph Porro got their first job on the same show: *Neon Maniacs*.
* He played a puppet character of Kelly Grayson in a deleted scene from *Mad Idolatry* alongside prop master Bryan Rodgers (who played the injured girl).
* According to Adrianne Palicki (Kelly Grayson), Berger possesses the puppets used in a deleted scene in *Mad Idolatry*.

## External links

* *The IMDb Show*: Berger and the KNB EFX studio talk Krill costumes
* Interview with the Planetary Union Network
* "Space and Beyond" - An article on designing the looks of the characters written in tandem with Maxine Morris

## See also

* *The World of the Orville*, pages 14, 50, 76-78, 105, 110, 118, 131-33, 155

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "#024 - HOWARD BERGER (PART ONE)". Film Revered Podcast. June 18, 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "#025 - HOWARD BERGER (PART TWO)". Film Revered Podcast. June 20, 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PLANETARY UNION NETWORK: EPISODE 20". Planetary Union Network. June 17, 2018.
4. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn ."'Darkest Hour' Tops Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards". *Variety*. February 24, 2018.
5. ↑ "Seth MacFarlane and behind-the-scenes creative team: "The Orville" | Talks at Google". *Talks at Google*. Nov. 16, 2017.
6. ↑ @hoops511. "Looks like the episode we did with these amazing puppets created by my pal Mike Lisa @mjl\_puppet\_design for THE ORVILLE @theorville will now show the brilliant puppeteer skills of myself and genius prop master Bryan Rodgers @bryan.rodgers106 . Make sure to watch it! @macfarlaneseth @tomtheorville@palicki.adrianne #puppets #spaceadventure#muppets #sagpuppeteers #makeup#teamwork". Instagram. Feb. 6, 2019.
7. ↑ THE ORVILLE PANEL (Adrianne Palicki, Peter Macon) – Terrificon 2022. Terrificon. Aug. 3, 2022.