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 - Mein Leben als Pornostar (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
Iron Cross (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.
