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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 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
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
In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in an Episcopalian ceremony on Martha's Vineyard .[ 1]
Filmography
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
Location management
Thanks
Television
Awards and nominations
In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life .[ 10] 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 .
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
CinEuphoria Awards
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
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
References
^ 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 .
^ 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 . Retrieved August 29, 2024 .
^ 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 .
External links
Awards for Dede Gardner
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
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
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
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)
1990s
Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese , Robert Chartoff , and Irwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments – Alan Parker , Lynda Myles , and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End – James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg , Branko Lustig , and Gerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral – Mike Newell and Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility – Ang Lee and Lindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient – Anthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty – Peter Cattaneo and Uberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love – Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein , and Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – David Franzoni , Branko Lustig , and Douglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter 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 King – Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , and Fran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator – Sandy Climan , Charles Evans Jr. , Graham King , and Michael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus (2005)
The Queen – Andy Harries , Christine Langan , and Tracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement – Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , and Paul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier , and Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech – Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , and Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist – Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo – Ben Affleck , George Clooney , and Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave – Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen , and Brad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant – Steve Golin , Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Arnon Milchan , Mary Parent , and Keith Redmon (2015)
La La Land – Fred Berger , Jordan Horowitz , and Marc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent , Peter Czernin , and Martin McDonagh (2017)
Roma – Nicolás Celis , Alfonso Cuarón , and Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 – Pippa Harris , Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes , and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears , and Chloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion , Iain Canning , Roger Frappier , Tanya Seghatchian , and Emile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan , Charles Roven , and Emma Thomas (2023)
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