Willa Kim - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	30-June-1917
Place of Birth	Los Angeles (Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Willa, Killa, Willa K Kim
Profession	Costume Designer
Willa Kim is an American costume designer for stage, dance, and film. Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and is a 1935 graduate of Belmont High School where she excelled in art and was an art editor for the 1935 Campanile. The end sheets of the yearbook were the start of her career, as they are free hand drawings of her impressions of high school life atop Crown Hill. For her post-secondary education, she attended Chouinard Art Institute on scholarship. Upon graduation, she worked for the designer Raoul Pene du Bois in the film industry but soon started designing for the theatre. Kim has designed costumes for Broadway shows, winning the Tony Award for her costume designs for The Will Rogers Follies and Sophisticated Ladies. She has received an additional four Tony Award nominations and has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design twice. She has designed costumes for the American Ballet Theatre as well as other dance companies, including more than 50 works for Eliot Feld. Furthermore, in 2007 Ms. Kim was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame, making her one of only a handful of costume designers so honored. Broadway credits include Bosoms and Neglect.

Awards by Willa Kim

Check all the awards nominated and won by Willa Kim.

2005

Obie Award for Costume Design	Honored for : Woman Before A Glass

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Will Rogers Follies

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design	Legs Diamond
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Legs Diamond

1986

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Song and Dance

1981

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design - Limited Series or a Special

Honored for : Great Performances: Dance in America

(For episode San Francisco Ballet: The Tempest)

Tony Award for Best Costume Design

Honored for : Sophisticated Ladies

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design - Limited Series or a Special	Great Performances: Dance in America For episode \"San Francisco Ballet: The Tempest\"
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Sophisticated Ladies

1978

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Dancin'

1975

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design	Goodtime Charley
Tony Award for Best Costume Design	Goodtime Charley

1972

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Honored for : The Screens

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design	The Screens

1970

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

Honored for : Promenade, Operation Sidewinder

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design	Promenade","Operation Sidewinder

1965

Obie Award for Costume Design	Honored for : The Old Glory (Best Costumes)

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