Daniel M. Berger

Daniel M. Berger was born in 1965 and is a Los Angeles native. He's been immersed in many aspects of the Film and Television Industry, both behind and in front of the camera for over 40 years. In the early 1970s, he appeared in numerous commercials but later developed his Production Design skills at La Brea Studios in Hollywood. He graduated from Le Lycee Francais De Los Angeles in 1982 and attended Los Angeles City College and Colombia College of Broadcasting. As Manager of La Brea Studios, Berger worked with the likes of Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Stuart Hagmann, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Eddie Murphy. From 1985-95, Berger wrote, directed, produced, and production designed numerous Commercials, Infomercials, Videos and Industrial Films for various production companies in Los Angeles, New York, and London. In '93, he Associate Produced & Production Designed the short film _"The Sex Police"(1993)_, a futuristic drama dealing with AIDS Directed by Ash Baron-Cohen and starring Richard Harris and Jamie Harris and Dr. Timothy Leary. In 1997 Berger production designed Baron-Cohen's critically acclaimed debut feature Bang (1995), starring Peter Greene and Spirit Award Nominee Darling Narita (Best Debut Performance 98). In 1999 he designed _"Pups"(1999)_, for Baron-Cohen which starred Mischa Barton and Burt Reynolds. Film received great acclaim across the globe in addition to several awards. During the first decade of the new millennium, Berger designed the drama This Girl's Life (2003), starring James Woods and Rosario Dawson again directed by Baron-Cohen; Michael Stein's comedy/fantasy Love Hollywood Style (2006) starring Andy Dick, Faye Dunaway and Stephen Tobolowsky and Joshua Newton's revenge thriller Beautiful Blue Eyes (2009) starring Roy Scheider, Scott Cohen and Helmut Berger. More recently, Berger served as Production Designer on Joshua Cordes thriller 'Chimera'(2015) for Executive Producers Greg Strause and Colin Strause /Hydraulx Entertainment, Sean McGinley's drama Lawless Range (2018), Sanjeev Sirpal's comedy Random Tropical Paradise (2017) and Liam O'Donnell's Sci-Fi Beyond Skyline (2017). Some of Berger's television credits include prop master on CW's 13: Fear Is Real (2009) and VH1's Scream Queens (2008). In 2016 he Production Designed Mars Callahan 's 1st season of 4 Kings and Sandeep Parikh 's comedies The Real Housewives of Horror (2013) and That Moment When. Berger Production Designs for all medias; Photography, Web Series, Commercial, Informercial, Theatre, Television & Film. Daniel M. Berger is a volunteer coach for Special Olympics Golf & AYSO VIP Soccer & Basketball and is an advocate for families of, and persons with Intellectual Disabilities. He also volunteers as an assistant for the Born to Act Players. A dramatic and performance group made up of actors with Intellectual Disabilities.