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American film producer (born 1967)
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 ofPlan 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 ofPlan B Entertainment and currently serving as Co-President withJeremy Kleiner since 2013.[ 2] She is a two-timeOscar winner for12 Years a Slave andMoonlight ,the first woman to win two Oscars forBest Picture .Her filmsSelma ,The Tree of Life ,The Big Short ,Vice ,Minari andWomen Talking were additionally nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Picture .
She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, ofWinnetka, Illinois .[ 1] She graduated cum laude fromColumbia University [ 1] in 1990.[ 3] Her classmates included television showrunnersJeff Rake andGina 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]
In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in anEpiscopalian ceremony onMartha's Vineyard .[ 1]
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Location management
Thanks
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Picture forThe Tree of Life .[ 10] In 2014, she won theAcademy Award for Best Picture for the movie12 Years a Slave alongside co-producersBrad Pitt ,Steve McQueen ,Jeremy Kleiner andAnthony Katagas .In 2015, she was nominated once again for theAcademy Award for Best Picture for producingSelma alongside fellow producersOprah Winfrey ,Jeremy Kleiner ,andChristian Colson .In 2017, she won her secondAcademy Award for Best Picture for the movie,Moonlight .She becomes the first female producer to win twoAcademy Awards for Best Picture .
Year
Category
Film
Result
2011
Best Film
The Tree of Life
Nominated
2013
12 Years a Slave
Nominated
2015
The Big Short
Nominated
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
Year
Category
Film
Result
2013
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Won
2014
Selma
Nominated
Year
Category
Film
Result
2013
Movie of the Year
12 Years a Slave
Nominated
Year
Category
Film
Result
2013
Best Film
12 Years a Slave
Won
2015
The Big Short
Nominated
2016
Moonlight
Nominated
Year
Category
Film
Result
2013
Best International Film
12 Years a Slave
Nominated
Year
Category
Film
Result
2011
Best Feature
The Tree of Life
Won
2013
12 Years a Slave
Nominated
Audience Award
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
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
^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 fromthe 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 .RetrievedOctober 2, 2021 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 9, 2023)." 'Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date " .Deadline Hollywood .RetrievedMay 10, 2023 .
^ Sales Ross, Rafa (August 29, 2024)."Oscar-Nominated Petra Costa, Director of Venice's 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' on How Brazil Serves as a 'Parable' for the U.S." Variety .RetrievedAugust 29, 2024 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 22, 2023)."Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis' For 2024" .Deadline .RetrievedDecember 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 .RetrievedApril 30, 2024 .
^ "Netflix Greenlights 'The OA' Reuniting Brit Marling And Zal Batmanglij" .Deadline. March 5, 2015.RetrievedMarch 5, 2015 .
^ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees" .oscars.org .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .RetrievedJanuary 26, 2012 .
Awards for Dede Gardner
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff andIrwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino ,Michael Deeley ,John Peverall andBarry 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 andRichard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner andJim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman ,Edward Saxon andKenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig ,Gerald R. Molen andSteven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman ,Steve Starkey andSteve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey ,Mel Gibson andAlan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron andJon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti ,Marc Norman ,David Parfitt ,Harvey Weinstein andEdward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen andDan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni ,Branko Lustig andDouglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer andRon Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson ,Barrie M. Osborne andFran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood ,Tom Rosenberg andAlbert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis andCathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen andScott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow ,Mark Boal ,Nicolas Chartier andGreg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning ,Emile Sherman andGareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck ,George Clooney andGrant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner ,Anthony Katagas ,Jeremy Kleiner ,Steve McQueen andBrad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,John Lesher andJames W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust ,Steve Golin ,Nicole Rocklin andMichael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner ,Jeremy Kleiner andAdele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale andGuillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke ,Brian Currie,Peter Farrelly ,Nick Vallelonga andCharles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho andKwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,Frances McDormand ,Peter Spears andChloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi,Philippe Rousselet ,Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert andJonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas ,Charles Roven ,andChristopher Nolan (2023)
1990s
Goodfellas –Martin Scorsese ,Robert Chartoff ,andIrwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments –Alan Parker ,Lynda Myles ,and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End –James Ivory andIsmail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List –Steven Spielberg ,Branko Lustig ,andGerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral –Mike Newell andDuncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility –Ang Lee andLindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient –Anthony Minghella andSaul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty –Peter Cattaneo andUberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love –Donna Gigliotti ,Marc Norman ,David Parfitt ,Harvey Weinstein ,andEdward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty –Bruce Cohen andDan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator –David Franzoni ,Branko Lustig ,andDouglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring –Peter Jackson ,Barrie M. Osborne ,Tim Sanders ,andFran Walsh (2001)
The Pianist – Robert Benmussa,Roman Polanski ,andAlain Sarde (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –Peter Jackson ,Barrie M. Osborne ,andFran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator –Sandy Climan ,Charles Evans Jr. ,Graham King ,andMichael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain –Diana Ossana andJames Schamus (2005)
The Queen –Andy Harries ,Christine Langan ,andTracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement –Tim Bevan ,Eric Fellner ,andPaul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire –Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker –Kathryn Bigelow ,Mark Boal ,Nicolas Chartier ,andGreg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech –Iain Canning ,Emile Sherman ,andGareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist –Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo –Ben Affleck ,George Clooney ,andGrant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave –Dede Gardner ,Anthony Katagas ,Jeremy Kleiner ,Steve McQueen ,andBrad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood –Richard Linklater andCathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant –Steve Golin ,Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,Arnon Milchan ,Mary Parent ,andKeith Redmon (2015)
La La Land –Fred Berger ,Jordan Horowitz ,andMarc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri –Graham Broadbent ,Peter Czernin ,andMartin McDonagh (2017)
Roma –Nicolás Celis ,Alfonso Cuarón ,andGabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 –Pippa Harris ,Callum McDougall,Sam Mendes ,and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,Frances McDormand ,Peter Spears ,andChloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog –Jane Campion ,Iain Canning ,Roger Frappier ,Tanya Seghatchian ,andEmile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front –Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer –Christopher Nolan ,Charles Roven ,andEmma Thomas (2023)
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