Known for Costume & Make-Up
Danny Glicker is an American costume designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Costume Design for the film Milk (2008). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes for his work on Angelyne (2022). He is a frequent collaborator of director Jason Reitman. He has worked with him on Thank You for Smoking (2005), Up in the Air (2009), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Saturday Night (2024), among other films. He has also collaborated with directors Gus Van Sant and Darren Aronofsky. Many of his projects have been set in the 1970s, including Milk, Saturday Night (2024), The Sympathizer (2024), and Being Heumann (2026). With his costume design choices, Glicker has helped bring to life on-screen characters based on iconic real-life figures, including Harvey Milk, Brian Wilson, Jack Kerouac, Lorne Michaels, and the disability rights activist Judith Heumann. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Glicker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
31 films, 3 shows


Being Heumann
2026 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The system is broken—not us.


Babies
2026 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Struggling with the decision of whether or not to bring a child into the world, Annie and her husband Aaron become instant co-parents when their newly-divorced friend moves into their home with her 4-year-old. An ensemble comedy drama about the journey to parenthood... or not.


Saturday Night
2024 · 1h 49m
country: United States
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.


The Whale
2022 · 1h 57m
country: United States
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.


Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · 2h 4m
country: Canada
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.


The Front Runner
2018 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.


Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · 2h 21m
country: United States
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.


Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · 1h 55m
country: France
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.


mother!
2017 · 2h 1m
country: United States
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.


Looking: The Movie
2016 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.


The Sea of Trees
2016 · 1h 50m
country: United States
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.


Love & Mercy
2015 · 2h
country: United States
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.


Labor Day
2013 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.


This Is the End
2013 · 1h 46m
country: United States
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.


The Guilt Trip
2012 · 1h 35m
country: United States
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.


On the Road
2012 · 2h 22m
country: Brazil
Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.


Virginia
2010 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.


Up in the Air
2009 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.


Milk
2008 · 2h 8m
country: United States
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.


Towelhead
2008 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.


The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.


The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · 1h 47m
country: France
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.


Thank You for Smoking
2005 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
The Big Empty
The Big Empty
2005 · 22m
country: Unknown
A young woman consults multiple doctors for a persistent internal pain, eventually leading to the discovery of a vast, frozen tundra within her body. The condition draws scientific and media attention, reducing her identity to the anomaly. As others attempt to explore the phenomenon, she remains emotionally and physically affected by the experience.


Transamerica
2005 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.


Pretty Persuasion
2005 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.


The Dying Gaul
2005 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.


November
2004 · 1h 13m
country: United States
Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.