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1 Early life  





2 Personal life  





3 Filmography  



3.1  Film  





3.2  Television  







4 Awards and nominations  



4.1  Academy Awards  





4.2  AACTA International Awards  





4.3  AFI Awards  





4.4  Alliance of Women Film Journalists  





4.5  American Black Film Festival  





4.6  Awards Circuit Community Awards  





4.7  Black Reel Awards  





4.8  British Academy Film Awards  





4.9  CinEuphoria Awards  





4.10  Golden Raspberry Awards  





4.11  Gotham Awards  





4.12  Independent Spirit Awards  





4.13  Italian Online Movie Awards  





4.14  Online Film & Television Association Awards  





4.15  Primetime Emmy Awards  





4.16  Producers Guild of America Awards  







5 References  





6 External links  














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Dede Gardner
Gardner in 2017

Born

Dorcas Wright Gardner


(1967-10-16) October 16, 1967 (age 56)

Alma mater

Columbia University (BA)

Occupation

Film producer

Years active

2006–present

Title

Co-President of Plan B Entertainment

Spouse

Jonathan Boris Berg

(m. 2000)

Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner[1] (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer. She was president since the founding of Plan B Entertainment and currently serving as Co-President with Jeremy Kleiner since 2013.[2] She is a two-time Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight, the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. Her films Selma, The Tree of Life, The Big Short, Vice, Minari and Women Talking were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Early life

[edit]

She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of Winnetka, Illinois.[1] She graduated cum laude from Columbia University[1] in 1990.[3] Her classmates included television showrunners Jeff Rake and Gina Fattore.[4] Her father is a partner at the Chicago investment bank William Blair & Company; her mother is president of the Michael Reese Health Trust.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in an Episcopalian ceremony on Martha's Vineyard.[1]

Filmography

[edit]

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

[edit]

Year

Film

Credit

Ref.

2006

Running with Scissors

2007

Year of the Dog

A Mighty Heart

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2009

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Time Traveler's Wife

2010

Eat Pray Love

2011

The Tree of Life

2012

Killing Them Softly

2013

World War Z

12 Years a Slave

2014

Nightingale

Executive producer

Selma

2015

True Story

The Big Short

2016

Moonlight

The Lost City of Z

2017

Okja

War Machine

Brad's Status

2018

Beautiful Boy

If Beale Street Could Talk

Vice

2019

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Ad Astra

The King

2020

Kajillionaire

Minari

Irresistible

2022

Father of the Bride

Women Talking

Blonde

She Said

2023

Landscape with Invisible Hand

2024

Bob Marley: One Love

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

[5]

Wolfs

[6]

Nickel Boys

[7]

2025

Mickey 17

F1

TBA

The Tiger

Wizards!

Wrong Answer

Location management

Year

Film

Role

1992

Mac

Location assistant

1993

Three of Hearts

Location manager: New York

Thanks

Year

Film

Role

2004

See This Movie

Many thanks

2016

The Tiger Hunter

Thanks

2017

Marrowbone

The director wishes to thank

Television

[edit]

Year

Title

Credit

Notes

Ref.

2008

Pretty/Handsome

Executive producer

Television pilot

2014

Deadbeat

The Normal Heart

Executive producer

Television film

POV

Executive producer

Documentary

Resurrection

Executive producer

2016

Mamma Dallas

Executive producer

Television pilot

2017

Feud

Executive producer

Monsters of God

Executive producer

Television pilot

2016−19

The OA

Executive producer

2018−19

Sweetbitter

Executive producer

2020

The Third Day: Autumn

Executive producer

Television special

The Third Day

Executive producer

2021

The Underground Railroad

Executive producer

2020−21

Lego Masters

Executive producer

2022

Outer Range

Executive producer

Paper Girls

Executive producer

High School

Executive producer

2024

3 Body Problem

Executive producer

TBA

Wytches

Awards and nominations

[edit]

In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life.[9] In 2014, she won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the movie 12 Years a Slave alongside co-producers Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas. In 2015, she was nominated once again for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Selma alongside fellow producers Oprah Winfrey, Jeremy Kleiner, and Christian Colson. In 2017, she won her second Academy Award for Best Picture for the movie, Moonlight. She becomes the first female producer to win two Academy Awards for Best Picture.

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2011

Best Picture

The Tree of Life

Nominated

2013

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Nominated

2015

The Big Short

Nominated

2016

Moonlight

Won

2018

Vice

Nominated

2022

Women Talking

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2011

Best Film

The Tree of Life

Nominated

2013

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

2015

The Big Short

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2011

Top 10 Films

The Tree of Life

Won

2013

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Won

2015

The Big Short

Won

2016

Moonlight

Won

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Movie of the Year

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

Awards Circuit Community Awards

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2007

Best Motion Picture

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Nominated

2011

The Tree of Life

Nominated

2013

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

2014

Selma

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best Film

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Won

2016

Moonlight

Won

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best Film

12 Years a Slave

Won

2015

The Big Short

Nominated

2016

Moonlight

Nominated

CinEuphoria Awards

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best International Film

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2023

Worst Picture

Blonde

Won

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2011

Best Feature

The Tree of Life

Won

2013

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

Audience Award

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2007

Best Film

A Mighty Heart

Nominated

2013

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

Nominated

Online Film & Television Association Awards

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2007

Best Picture

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Nominated

2013

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Selma

Nominated

2015

The Big Short

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2014

Outstanding Television Movie

The Normal Heart

Won

2015

Nightingale

Nominated

[edit]

Year

Category

Film

Result

2013

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

12 Years a Slave

Won

2014

Best Long-Form Television

The Normal Heart

Nominated

Stanley Kramer Award

Won

Visionary Award

Won

2015

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

The Big Short

Won

2016

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

Moonlight

Nominated

2018

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

Vice

Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e "WEDDINGS; Dede Gardner, Jonathan Berg". The New York Times. September 9, 2000.
  • ^ Kroll, Justin (May 22, 2013). "Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment". Variety. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013.
  • ^ "Oscar Winners 2017". The New York Times. February 26, 2017.
  • ^ "30 Bingeable TV Shows Made by Columbia Graduates". Columbia Magazine. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  • ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 9, 2023). "'Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  • ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 22, 2023). "Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis' For 2024". Deadline. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  • ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 29, 2024). "Amazon MGM Studios & Orion Set Fall Release For Feature Take Of Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel 'Nickel Boys'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  • ^ "Netflix Greenlights 'The OA' Reuniting Brit Marling And Zal Batmanglij". Deadline. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  • ^ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees". oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
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  • Kristin Hahn (founder)
  • Brad Pitt (founder)
  • Dede Gardner (co-president)
  • Jeremy Kleiner (co-president)
  • Films

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • Running with Scissors (2006)
  • Year of the Dog (2007)
  • A Mighty Heart (2007)
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
  • The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
  • The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
  • Kick-Ass (2010)
  • Eat Pray Love (2010)
  • The Tree of Life (2011)
  • Moneyball (2011)
  • Killing Them Softly (2012)
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
  • World War Z (2013)
  • 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Selma (2014)
  • True Story (2015)
  • The Big Short (2015)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • The Lost City of Z (2016)
  • Voyage of Time (2016)
  • War Machine (2017)
  • Okja (2017)
  • Brad's Status (2017)
  • Beautiful Boy (2018)
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
  • Vice (2018)
  • The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
  • Ad Astra (2019)
  • The King (2019)
  • Irresistible (2020)
  • Kajillionaire (2020)
  • Minari (2020)
  • Father of the Bride (2022)
  • Blonde (2022)
  • She Said (2022)
  • Women Talking (2022)
  • Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)
  • Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
  • Nickel Boys (2024)
  • Wolfs (2024)
  • Mickey 17 (2025)
  • F1 (2025)
  • 1951–1975

  • Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
  • Buddy Adler (1953)
  • Sam Spiegel (1954)
  • Harold Hecht (1955)
  • Michael Todd (1956)
  • Sam Spiegel (1957)
  • Arthur Freed (1958)
  • Sam Zimbalist (1959)
  • Billy Wilder (1960)
  • Robert Wise (1961)
  • Sam Spiegel (1962)
  • Tony Richardson (1963)
  • Jack L. Warner (1964)
  • Robert Wise (1965)
  • Fred Zinnemann (1966)
  • Walter Mirisch (1967)
  • John Woolf (1968)
  • Jerome Hellman (1969)
  • Frank McCarthy (1970)
  • Philip D'Antoni (1971)
  • Albert S. Ruddy (1972)
  • Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips (1973)
  • Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos (1974)
  • Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (1975)
  • 1976–2000

  • Charles H. Joffe (1977)
  • Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
  • Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
  • Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
  • David Puttnam (1981)
  • Richard Attenborough (1982)
  • James L. Brooks (1983)
  • Saul Zaentz (1984)
  • Sydney Pollack (1985)
  • Arnold Kopelson (1986)
  • Jeremy Thomas (1987)
  • Mark Johnson (1988)
  • Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
  • Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
  • Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
  • Clint Eastwood (1992)
  • Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
  • Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
  • Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
  • Saul Zaentz (1996)
  • James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
  • Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
  • Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
  • David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
  • 2001–present

  • Martin Richards (2002)
  • Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
  • Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
  • Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
  • Graham King (2006)
  • Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
  • Christian Colson (2008)
  • Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
  • Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
  • Thomas Langmann (2011)
  • Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
  • Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
  • Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
  • Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
  • J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
  • Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
  • Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
  • Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
  • Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
  • Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023)
  • 1940s

  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Bicycle Thieves (1949)
  • 1950s

  • La Ronde (1951)
  • The Sound Barrier (1952)
  • Forbidden Games (1953)
  • The Wages of Fear (1954)
  • Richard III (1955)
  • Gervaise (1956)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Room at the Top (1958)
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
  • 1960s

  • Ballad of a SoldierGrigori Chukhrai / The HustlerRobert Rossen (1961)
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Tom Jones (1963)
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • My Fair Lady (1965)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Mike Nichols (1966)
  • A Man for All SeasonsFred Zinnemann (1967)
  • The GraduateMike Nichols (1968)
  • Midnight CowboyJohn Schlesinger (1969)
  • 1970s

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
  • Cabaret (1972)
  • Day for Night (1973)
  • Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976)
  • Annie HallCharles H. Joffe and Jack Rollins (1977)
  • Julia – Richard Roth (1978)
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • 1980s

  • Chariots of FireDavid Puttnam (1981)
  • GandhiRichard Attenborough (1982)
  • Educating RitaLewis Gilbert (1983)
  • The Killing FieldsDavid Puttnam (1984)
  • The Purple Rose of CairoWoody Allen and Robert Greenhut (1985)
  • A Room with a ViewJames Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1986)
  • Jean de FloretteClaude Berri (1987)
  • The Last EmperorBernardo Bertolucci and Jeremy Thomas (1988)
  • Dead Poets SocietyPeter Weir, Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, and Tony Thomas (1989)
  • 1990s

  • The CommitmentsAlan Parker, Lynda Myles, and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
  • Howards EndJames Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1992)
  • Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg, Branko Lustig, and Gerald R. Molen (1993)
  • Four Weddings and a FuneralMike Newell and Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
  • Sense and SensibilityAng Lee and Lindsay Doran (1995)
  • The English PatientAnthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
  • The Full MontyPeter Cattaneo and Uberto Pasolini (1997)
  • Shakespeare in LoveDonna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, and Edward Zwick (1998)
  • American BeautyBruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
  • 2000s

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPeter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Tim Sanders, and Fran Walsh (2001)
  • The Pianist – Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski, and Alain Sarde (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingPeter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh (2003)
  • The AviatorSandy Climan, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King, and Michael Mann (2004)
  • Brokeback MountainDiana Ossana and James Schamus (2005)
  • The QueenAndy Harries, Christine Langan, and Tracey Seaward (2006)
  • AtonementTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster (2007)
  • Slumdog MillionaireChristian Colson (2008)
  • The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro (2009)
  • 2010s

  • The ArtistThomas Langmann (2011)
  • ArgoBen Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov (2012)
  • 12 Years a SlaveDede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, and Brad Pitt (2013)
  • BoyhoodRichard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
  • The RevenantSteve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon (2015)
  • La La LandFred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt (2016)
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriGraham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh (2017)
  • RomaNicolás Celis, Alfonso Cuarón, and Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
  • 1917Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
  • 2020s

  • The Power of the DogJane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, and Emile Sherman (2021)
  • All Quiet on the Western FrontMalte Grunert (2022)
  • OppenheimerChristopher Nolan, Charles Roven, and Emma Thomas (2023)
  • Stanley Kramer (1990)
  • Pandro S. Berman (1991)
  • David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck (1992)
  • Saul Zaentz (1993)
  • Howard W. Koch (1994)
  • Walter Mirisch (1995)
  • Billy Wilder (1996)
  • Clint Eastwood (1997)
  • Steven Bochco (1998)
  • Jerry Bruckheimer (1999)
  • Brian Grazer (2000)
  • Lawrence Gordon (2001)
  • Robert Evans (2002)
  • Dino De Laurentiis (2003)
  • Laura Ziskin (2004)
  • Roger Corman (2005)
  • Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher (2006)
  • Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall (2007)
  • Michael Douglas (2008)
  • John Lasseter (2009)
  • Scott Rudin (2010)
  • Steven Spielberg (2011)
  • Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan (2012)
  • Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson (2013)
  • Gale Anne Hurd (2014)
  • David Heyman (2015)
  • Irwin Winkler (2016)
  • Charles Roven (2017)
  • Kevin Feige (2018)
  • Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt (2019)
  • Mary Parent (2021)
  • Tom Cruise (2022)
  • Martin Scorsese (2023)
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