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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 Occupation Film producer Years active 2006–present Title President of Plan B Entertainment Spouse
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 . 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 College, 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
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
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
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
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