DOUG DREXLER turned his childhood love of “Star Trek” into a career designing Enterprises, blowing up Cylons, and turning Hollywood legends into comic book gangsters. Now he’s telling his story in a new documentary!

Hollywood Makeup Master. Conceptual Artist. Visual Effects Creator. Graphic Designer. Futurist. Fun loving Trouble Maker! No single title can define the high-energy whirlwind that is Doug Drexler!

He has won an Oscar, two Emmys, two Peabodys, and he’s got a Klingon named after him. He designed multiple Enterprises. Blew up Cylon Basestars. Turned Al Pacino into a comic book gangster. Doug was part of the genesis of Star Trek fandom, spun it into an incredible career in makeup, graphic design, visual effects, and more. And he helped pass the torch to the next, NEXT Generation. 

Al Pacino. Warren Beatty. Edward James Olmos. Madonna. Doug Drexler worked side-by-side with some of the biggest power players in Hollywood History - and he has the Oscar and Emmys to prove it. But he’s also spent his years on the “lower decks” with the working stiffs. The men and women that do the hard, unglamorous work of bringing a movie or TV show to life. Unless you stick around for the closing credits, you’ve never heard of them. This documentary is going to tell their stories. 

You’ve seen his work on multiple “Star Trek” series, “Battlestar Galactica,” “The Orville,” “Defiance,” on the big screen in Dick Tracy, C.H.U.D., Three Men and a Little Lady, Manhunter, Starman and The Hunger. Now he will finally tell the unbelievable stories behind the stories.

Between warp core breaches and Cylon attacks, Doug believes there’s always plenty of time for antics behind the scenes! You will meet the madcap characters and hardworking crews that bring these worlds to life. Discover the unsung behind-the-scenes heroes that make the future real!

TREK STAR is from Fal-Tor-Pan Industries LLC. Director is Jason E. Smith (The CW, Discovery, SyFy, Magnolia). Producers are Al Reitz (The CW, Warner Brothers Discovery, CBS Studios) and Robyn Bliley (“American Masters,” The Super Bob Einstein Movie). Director of Photography is Chad Wilson (“American Masters,” “Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames.”) 

More details about TREK STAR and updates on the production can be found at www.DrexlerFilm.com.

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