Dede Gardner
Gardner in 2017
Born Dorcas Wright Gardner
(1967-10-16 ) October 16, 1967 (age 53) Alma mater Columbia University (BA )Occupation Film producer Years active 2006–present Title President of Plan B Entertainment Spouse(s) Jonathan Boris Berg
(
m. 2000)
Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner [1] is an American film producer and the president of Plan B Entertainment .[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 , and Vice were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Biography [ ]
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 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 an Episcopalian ceremony on Martha's Vineyard .[1]
Filmography [ ]
She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film [ ]
Location management
Thanks
Television [ ]
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
[4]
2018−19
Sweetbitter
Executive producer
2020
The Third Day: Autumn
Executive producer
Television special
The Third Day
Executive producer
2021
Lego Masters
Executive producer
The Underground Railroad
Executive producer
TBA
The Three-Body Problem
Executive producer
Awards and nominations [ ]
In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life .[5] 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
2014
Selma
Won
2016
Moonlight
Won
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
Independent Spirit Awards [ ]
[ ]
Year
Category
Film
Result
12 Years a Slave
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
Primetime Emmy Awards [ ]
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 [ ]
External links [ ]
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