Doug Drexler (born in New York City) is a visual effects artist, designer, sculptor, illustrator, and a makeup artist who has collaborated with such talents as

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, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan, Meryl Streep, and Warren Beatty. He began his career in the entertainment industry working for makeup artist Dick Smith on such films as '' The Hunger'' and ''

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''. He has also contributed to ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', ''The Cotton Club'', ''FX'', ''Manhunter'' and ''

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''. ''Dick Tracy'' earned Drexler an Oscar, as well as The

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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 in 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". His final make-up job for the series was the Mark Twain makeup worn by Jerry Hardin in the two part episode "Times Arrow" In 1992 Drexler moved 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 Drexler worked as senior Illustrator and CGI designer on the fifth ''Star Trek'' series, ''Enterprise''. Following ''Enterprise'', he was hired by Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel as CG Supervisor on ''Battlestar Galactica'', "Caprica", "Blood and Chrome", and "Defiance". Doug won two Emmy Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for ''Galactica''. Doug grew up on

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and attended Newfield High School. As of 2015, he is also a member of the board of directors for the

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Credits in various fields

Prosthetic character makeup

* 1982 ''The Hunger'' * 1983 ''The Cotton Club'' * 1984 '' C.H.U.D.'' * 1984 ''

'' * 1985 ''Heartburn'' * 1985 '' Manhunter'' * 1986 '' F/X'' * 1986 ''Making Mr. Right'' * 1987 ''Fatal Attraction'' * 1988 ''Liberace'' * 1988 ''Poltergeist III'' * 1990 ''

'' * 1990 ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' * 1990 ''True Identity'' * 1991 ''For the Boys'' * 1992 ''Shining Through'' * 1990-1993 ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''

Design

* 1993-1999 ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * 1994 '' Star Trek Generations'' * 1996 '' Star Trek: First Contact'' * 1998 '' Star Trek: Insurrection'' * 1998 ''Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets and New Mysteries'' (unproduced TV series) * 2001-2004 ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * 2021-2022 ''The Orville'' * 2021-2022 ''Star Trek: Picard''

Visual effects

* 1999 ''Starship Troopers'' * 1999-00 ''Star Trek: Voyager'' * 2000 ''Max Steel'' * 2000 ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' -Director's Edition * 2001 ''Dan Dare'' * 2001-2004 ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * 2004-2006 ''Star Trek New Voyages'' * 2004-2009 ''Battlestar Galactica'' * 2006 ''Future by Design'' * 2007 ''Area 57'' * 2008 ''Zeitgeist Addendum'' * 2009 ''Virtuality'' * 2009 ''Caprica'' * 2011 ''Drive Angry'' * 2012 ''Blood and Chrome'' * 2013 ''Defiance'' * 2021-2022 ''The Orville'' * 2021-2022 ''Star Trek: Picard''

Books illustrated

* ''

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'' by

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and

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(). Simon & Schuster, publisher. * ''

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'' by

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and

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().

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'' by Andre Bormanis (). Simon & Schuster, publisher. * '' Designing the Future'' by Jacque Fresco (). The Venus Project, Inc., publisher.

Books illustrated and co-authored

* ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual'' by Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler. Simon & Schuster, publisher. * ''Star Trek Sticker Book'' by Michael and Denise Okuda, and Doug Drexler. Simon & Schuster, publisher. * 2001-2011 ''Star Trek - Ships of the Line Calendar'' Editor and contributing artist. Simon & Schuster, publisher.

Interactive CD-ROMs

* ''Star Trek: Captain's Chair'', Simon & Schuster Interactive. * ''The Star Trek Interactive Encyclopedia'', Simon & Schuster Interactive.

On camera

Drexler has made a number of uncredited cameos in various projects during his career. Most notably in the film C.H.U.D as a police officer. He has appeared in numerous Star Trek episodes including The Next Generation as well as in the final episode of Enterprise. He also appears in the final episode of Battlestar Galactica. His other on-camera appearances have been in kitschy webseries and in a couple of Star Trek Fan Films. In May 2013 he played a holographic gunslinger in '' Pilgrim of Eternity'', the first episode of the fan produced webseries

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References

External links

* Doug Drexle

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