Dede Gardner

 ( 1967 Births ) 

Dorcas Wright " Dede" Gardner (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. She has won Academy Awards for producing the films 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Moonlight (2016), becoming the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. She has also been nominated in the category for The Tree of Life (2011), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), Women Talking (2022), and Nickel Boys (2024).

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

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Personal life

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

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Filmography

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

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Film

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2025

Location management

Location assistant

Location manager: New York

Thanks

Many thanks

Thanks

The director wishes to thank

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Television

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Awards and nominations

In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life. 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.

Academy Awards

2011	Best Picture	The Tree of Life
2013		12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma
2015		The Big Short
2016		Moonlight
2018		Vice
2022		Women Talking
2024		Nickel Boys

AACTA Awards

2011	Best Film	The Tree of Life
2013		12 Years a Slave
2015		The Big Short

AFI Awards

2011	Top 10 Films	The Tree of Life
2013		12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma
2015		The Big Short
2016		Moonlight

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2013	Best Picture	12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma

American Black Film Festival

2013	Movie of the Year	12 Years a Slave

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2007	Best Motion Picture	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2011		The Tree of Life
2013		12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma

Black Reel Awards

2013	Best Film	12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma
2016		Moonlight

British Academy Film Awards

2013	Best Film	12 Years a Slave
2015		The Big Short
2016		Moonlight

CinEuphoria Awards

2013	Best International Film	12 Years a Slave

Golden Raspberry Awards

2023	Worst Picture	Blonde

Gotham Awards

2011	Best Feature	The Tree of Life
2013		12 Years a Slave
	Audience Award

Independent Spirit Awards

2007	Best Film	A Mighty Heart
2013		12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma

Italian Online Movie Awards

2013	Best Picture	12 Years a Slave

Online Film & Television Association Awards

2007	Best Picture	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2013		12 Years a Slave
2014		Selma
2015		The Big Short

Primetime Emmy Awards

2014	Outstanding Television Movie	The Normal Heart
2015		Nightingale

Producers Guild of America

2013	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	12 Years a Slave
2014	Best Long-Form Television	The Normal Heart
	Stanley Kramer Award
	Visionary Award
2015	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	The Big Short
2016	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Moonlight
2018	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	Vice

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External links

Categories: 1967 Births, Living People, Film People From Chicago, Film Producers From Illinois, American Women Film Producers, Plan B Entertainment, Filmmakers Who Won The Best Film Bafta Award, Golden Globe Award–winning Producers, Primetime Emmy Award Winners, Producers Who Won The Best Picture Academy Award, Columbia College Alumni, California Institute Of The Arts Alumni, 20th-century American Women, 21st-century American Women

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