Doug Drexler, born in
New York
City
, is a designer, sculptor, illustrator, and an
academy award-winning makeup artist who has collaborated with such
talents as Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, James
Caan, Meryl Streep, and Warren Beatty. He began his career in
the entertainment industry working for makeup legend
Dick Smith on such films as "
The Hunger" and "
Starman".
He has also contributed to "Three Men and a Little Lady", "The
Cotton Club","FX", and "
Dick
Tracy". "Dick Tracy" earned Doug an Oscar, as well as The
British Academy Award and the
Saturn Award for his special makeup effects on characters such as
Big Boy Caprice (played by Pacino) and Mumbles (played by Hoffman).
Two emmy nominations on the same field followed for three years
working on
Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he
performed such tasks as aging Captain Picard for "The Inner Light".
In 1992 Doug made a career change by moving over to
Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine as designer, digital artist and effects
artist. He continued in that capacity on the subsequent
Star
Trek films as well as
Star Trek: Voyager. In April
2001 Doug began work as Junior Illustrator and CGI designer on the
fifth
Star Trek series,
Enterprise.
Doug grew
up on Long
Island
and attended Newfield High School
.
His credits in various fields include:Prosthetic Character
Makeup1982 "The Hunger"1983 "The Cotton Club"1984 "Starman"1985
"FX"1985 "Heartburn"1985 "Manhunter"1986 "Making Mr. Right"1987
"Poltergeist III"1988 "Liberace"1988 "Dick Tracy"1990 "Three Men
and a Little Lady"1990 "True Identity"1991 "For the Boys"1990-1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Design1993-1999
Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine1994 "
Star Trek
Generations"1996 "
Star Trek
First Contact"1998 "
Star Trek
Insurrection"1998
Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets and New
Mysteries (unproduced TV series)
Visual Effects1999 "Starship Troopers"1999-00
"
Star Trek: Voyager"2000 "Max Steel"2000 "Star Trek: The
Motion Picture" -Director's Edition2001
Dan Dare
Books Illustrated by Doug Drexler:"The Star Trek
Encyclopedia" by Michael and Denise Okuda. Simon and Schuster,
publisher."Star Trek Science Logs" by Andre Bormanis. Simon and
Schuster, publisher.
Books Illustrated and Co-authored by Doug
Drexler:"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual" by
Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler. Simon and
Schuster, publisher."Star Trek Sticker Book" by Michael and Denise
Okuda, and Doug Drexler. Simon and Schuster, publisher.
Interactive CD-ROMs:"Star Trek: Captain's Chair," Simon and
Schuster Interactive."The Star Trek Interactive Encyclopedia."
Simon and Schuster Interactive.
External links
-
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/creative/103325.html
- http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Doug_Drexler
- IMDB profile