Danny Glicker to Receive Golden Key for Excellence in Costume Design from Key West Film Festival (Exclusive)

The Key West Film Festival announced today that Academy Award-nominated costume designer Danny Glicker will be the recipient of its ninth annual Golden Key for Excellence in Costume Design. The Key West Film Festival will take place November 13-17, 2024. 

As part of the honor, Glicker will participate in a discussion of his work, to be moderated by Stephanie Zacharek of Time. Mr. Glicker will accept his award in person at the festival, which will feature a pre-recorded presentation by Oscar nominated Costume Designer, Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

Said Michael Tuckman, Director of Programming of the Key West Film Festival, “Danny Glicker may be the most formidable contemporary costume designer of his craft. He has built the characters of Harvey Milk, Brian Wilson, Jack Kerouac and so many other legends to grace the silver screen. His recent work in Saturday Night captures not only the time and place of 1975 New York City, but also the frenetic energy and unrivaled creative passions that launched a show that would be an American staple for five decades to come, and counting. We are so honored that he will be able to join us and share the wisdom behind his craft with festival-goers.” 

Danny Glicker is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated costume designer, whose most recent work can be seen in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night which is based on the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.

Glicker previously designed a different side of the mid-70’s with director Park Chan-wook for HBO and A24’s limited series The Sympathizer earlier this year, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Hoa Xuande and executive produced by Downey Jr. and Park Chan-wook.

In 2009, Glicker earned an Academy Award nomination, as well as the Costume Designers Guild Excellence in Period Film nomination, for his work on Gus Van Sant’s Milk, starring Sean Penn, who received the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Harvey Milk.

Additional honors include an Emmy nomination for his costume design of the Peacock limited series Angelyne, Costume Designers Guild Excellence in Contemporary Film Award for his work on Transamerica and was nominated for his work on Up in the Air, directed by frequent collaborator and Saturday Night director/co-writer/producer Jason Reitman, for whom he also designed the costumes for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Thank You for Smoking, Labor Day, and The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman as 80’s presidential candidate Gary Hart.

Dr. Landis, a former Costume Design Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and an Academy Award-nominee, presented the first annual Golden Key for costume design in 2016 to Mary Zophres, who went on to receive an Oscar nomination for her work in La La Land, and to the last five year’s honorees: Mark Bridges, who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Costume Design for The Phantom Thread; and Alexandra Byrne, who’s work in Mary Queen of Scots was recognized by an Academy Award nomination; Arianne Phillips, nominated for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Francine Jamison-Tanchuck for  her artistry in Regina King’s One Night in Miami; Paul Tazewell, whose costume design of West Side Story garnered him an Oscar nomination, Jennifer Johnson was honored in 2022 for her work in Blonde; and last year, the festival honored Academy Award nominee Jacqueline Durran for Barbie.

The full program will be announced on October 16, along with a schedule of events.