Daniel Orlandi

BFA COSTUME DESIGN, 1976

After graduating from CMU’s BFA Costume Design program in 1976, Daniel Orlandi initially moved to New York, where he helped design sets. After a chance meeting with famed fashion designer Bob Mackie, he became his assistant for several years. 

After relocating to Los Angeles, Daniel worked regularly as a costume designer for film and television, collaborating regularly with directors such as Joel Schumacher, Ron Howard and John Lee Hancock. 

In 1989, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming for his work on a television special for the illusionist David Copperfield. 

He has designed costumes for over 50 films. Some of his most notable credits include the 1960s-set comedy pastiche “Down With Love”, “The Normal Heart”, which got him his second Emmy nomination, “Trumbo” and “Saving Mr. Banks”, which garnered him his first BAFTA Award nomination for Best Costume Design.