Dede Gardner

Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer.

Early life Gardner is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of Chicago, Illinois. Her classmates included television showrunners Jeff Rake and Gina Fattore. Her father is a partner at the Chicago investment bank William Blair & Company; her mother is president of the Michael Reese Health Trust. She has won Academy Awards for producing the films 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Moonlight (2016), becoming the first woman to win two Academy Awards for Best Picture. She has also been nominated in the category for The Tree of Life (2011), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), Women Talking (2022), Nickel Boys (2024) and F1 (2025), making her the most nominated female producer in Academy Awards history.

Personal life In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in an Episcopalian ceremony on Martha's Vineyard.

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Location management Year Film Role 1992 Mac Location assistant 1993 Three of Hearts Location manager: New York

Thanks Year Film Role 2004 See This Movie Many thanks 2016 The Tiger Hunter Thanks 2017 Marrowbone The director wishes to thank

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2008 Pretty/Handsome Executive producer Television pilot 2014 Deadbeat The Normal Heart Executive producer Television film POV Documentary Resurrection 2016 Mamma Dallas Television pilot 2017 Feud Monsters of God Television pilot 2016−19 The OA 2018−19 Sweetbitter 2020 The Third Day: Autumn Television special The Third Day 2021 The Underground Railroad 2020−21 Lego Masters 2022 Outer Range Paper Girls High School 2024 3 Body Problem 2025 Adolescence Wytches

Awards and nominations In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life. 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.

Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Best Picture The Tree of Life 2013 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2015 The Big Short 2016 Moonlight 2018 Vice 2022 Women Talking 2024 Nickel Boys 2025 F1

AACTA International Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Best Film The Tree of Life 2013 12 Years a Slave 2015 The Big Short

AFI Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Top 10 Films The Tree of Life 2013 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2015 The Big Short 2016 Moonlight

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma

American Black Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Movie of the Year 12 Years a Slave

Awards Circuit Community Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Motion Picture The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2011 The Tree of Life 2013 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma

Black Reel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2016 Moonlight

British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2015 The Big Short 2016 Moonlight 2025 Outstanding British Film H Is for Hawk

British Academy Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018 Best International Programme Feud: Bette and Joan 2017 Feud: Bette and Joan

Golden Raspberry Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2022 Worst Picture Blonde

Gotham Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Feature 12 Years a Slave Audience Award 2014 Best Feature Nickel Boys

Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2024 Nickel Boys

Italian Online Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave

Online Film & Television Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Picture The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2013 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2015 The Big Short

Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2014 Outstanding Television Movie The Normal Heart 2015 Nightingale 2017 Outstanding Limited Series Feud: Bette and Joan 2021 Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series The Underground Railroad 2024 Outstanding Drama Series 3 Body Problem 2025 Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Adolescence

Producers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Theatrical Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave 2014 Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television The Normal Heart Stanley Kramer Award Visionary Award 2015 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Big Short 2016 Moonlight 2018 Vice 2020 David O. Selznick Award