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Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner[1] is an American film producer and the president of Plan B Entertainment.[2] She is a two-time Academy Award winner for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight. Her films, Selma, The Tree of Life and The Big Short 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
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2011
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Best Film
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The Tree of Life
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Nominated
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2013
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12 Years a Slave
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Nominated
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2015
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The Big Short
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Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2011
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Top 10 Films
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The Tree of Life
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Won
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2013
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12 Years a Slave
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Won
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2014
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Selma
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Won
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2015
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The Big Short
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Won
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2016
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Moonlight
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Won
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2013
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Best Picture
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12 Years a Slave
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Won
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2014
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Selma
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Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2013
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Movie of the Year
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12 Years a Slave
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Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2013
|
Best Film
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12 Years a Slave
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Won
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2015
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The Big Short
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Nominated
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2016
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Moonlight
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Nominated
|
CinEuphoria Awards
Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2013
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Best International Film
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12 Years a Slave
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Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2011
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Best Feature
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The Tree of Life
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Won
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2013
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12 Years a Slave
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Nominated
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Audience Award
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Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2007
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Best Picture
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Nominated
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2013
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12 Years a Slave
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Won
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2014
|
Selma
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Nominated
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2015
|
The Big Short
|
Nominated
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Year
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Category
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Film
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Result
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2013
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Best Theatrical Motion Picture
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12 Years a Slave
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Won
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2014
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Best Long-Form Television
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The Normal Heart
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Nominated
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Stanley Kramer Award
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Won
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Visionary Award
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Won
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2015
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Best Theatrical Motion Picture
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The Big Short
|
Won
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2016
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Best Theatrical Motion Picture
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Moonlight
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Nominated
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