Jeremy Kleiner

Jeremy Kleiner (born 1976) is an American film producer. Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for four consecutive years for producing 12 Years a Slave, Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), and Moonlight (2016), winning for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight. He earned his fifth nomination for Vice (2018).

Early life Kleiner was born into a Jewish family in 1976. The Harvard Crimson wrote of Kleiner's thesis that "in the world of Hoopes Prize winners, one thesis surpasses all others with 192 pages of pure writing," noting in 199 that Kleiner was "on the rise in L.A., on the way to becoming a big-shot," while his advisor Patrice Higonnet called Kleiner "one of the most gifted undergraduates I have seen in my thirty-odd years as an instructor in our university."

Career Kleiner worked as a creative executive at The Donners' Company. In 2003, he joined Plan B Entertainment, working his way up from a creative executive to producer. Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for four consecutive years for producing 12 Years a Slave (2013), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), and Moonlight (2016), winning for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight. He earned his fifth nomination for Vice (2018).

Filmography Film Year Title Role 2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Executive producer 2010 Kick-Ass Eat Pray Love 2013 World War Z Producer 12 Years a Slave 2014 Nightingale Executive producer Selma Producer 2015 True Story The Big Short 2016 Moonlight Frank & Lola Special thanks The Tiger Hunter Thanks The Lost City of Z Producer 2017 Okja War Machine Brad's Status Marrowbone Thanks 2018 Beautiful Boy Producer If Beale Street Could Talk Vice 2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Producer Ad Astra The King 2020 Kajillionaire Minari Irresistible 2022 Father of the Bride Women Talking Blonde Flight/Risk Executive producer She Said Producer 2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand 2024 Bob Marley: One Love Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Apocalypse in the Tropics Executive producer Wolfs Producer Nickel Boys 2025 Mickey 17 Olmo Bono: Stories of Surrender F1 Preparation for the Next Life Hedda 2026 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma The Tiger Wizards! Wrong Answer Weekend Warriors

Television Year Title Role 2014 Deadbeat Executive producer 2014−2015 Resurrection Executive producer 2017 Monsters of God Executive producer 2016−2019 The OA Executive producer 2018−2019 Sweetbitter Executive producer 2020 The Third Day: Autumn Executive producer The Third Day Executive producer 2021 The Underground Railroad Executive producer 2020−2021 Lego Masters Executive producer 2022 Outer Range Executive producer Paper Girls Executive producer High School Executive producer 2024 3 Body Problem Executive producer 2025 Adolescence Executive producer Wytches Executive producer

Awards and nominations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Best Picture 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. 2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave 2015 The Big Short

AFI Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Top 10 Films 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. 2013 Best Motion Picture 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. 2022 Best International Programme The Underground Railroad

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. 2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave 2014 Selma 2015 The Big Short

Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2015 Outstanding Television Movie Nightingale 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 Visionary Award 2015 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Big Short 2016 Moonlight 2018 Vice 2020 David O. Selznick Award