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Dede Garner Wiki
Dede Gardner (born as: Dorcas Wright Gardner) is an American film producer with two Oscar awards for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight.
Dede Garner Biography
Gardner is the president of Plan B Entertainment. Her films, Selma, The Tree of Life, The Big Short, and Vice were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Dede Garner Age
Garner was born on 16th October 1967 in Winnetka, Illinois, United States. She is 55 years old.
Dede Gardner Family| Parents
From Illinois in the United States of America, Dorcas Wright Gardner is the daughter of Dorothy Gardner and John Gardner. Her father is a partner at the Chicago investment bank William Blair & Company and her mother is president of the Michael Reese Health Trust. She attended the Columbia College, Columbia University in 1990.
Dede Gardner Husband
Gardner is married to Jonathan Boris Berg, the owner of Berg-Saccani Entertainment, a film production company in LA. It is not clear when the couple met but on 9th September 2000 on Martha’s Vineyard in an Episcopalian ceremony that was presided over by Rev. Dr. Frank M. McClain, an Episcopal priest, the two finally tied the knot.
Berg is 4 years younger than his wife and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. He is also the son of Dr. Jack F. Berg, a cardiologist and Dr. Monika K. Berg, a dermatologist.
Dede Gardner Children
Garder is a mother of two, though the children’s names are not known.
Dede Gardner Height
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Dede Gardner Salary
Dede’s salary is estimated to be between $50k to $100k.
Dede Gardner Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be around $1M.
Dede Garner Movies
- Irresistible (2020)
- Untitled Miranda July Project (2019)
- The King (2019)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
- Vice (2018)
- Beautiful Boy (2018)
- War Machine (2017)
- Moonlight (2016)
- The Lost City of Z (2016)
- The OA (TV) (2016)
- The Big Short (2015)
- Selma (2014)
- True Story (2014)
- 12 Years a Slave (2013)
- World War Z (2013)
- Killing Them Softly (2012)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
- Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
- Pretty/Handsome (2008) – TV movie (as an executive producer)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
- Year of the Dog (2007)
- A Mighty Heart (2007)
- Running with Scissors (2006)
Dede Gardner Awards
- 2013 – Academy Award in the category of Best Picture for the film 12 years a Slave.
- 2016 – Academy Award in the category of Best Picture for the film Moonlight.
- 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 – AFI Awards in the category of the Top 10 films for the films The Tree of Life, 12 Years a Slave, Selma, The Big Short and Moonlight, respectively.
- 2013 – Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award in the category of Best Picture for 12 years a slave.
- 2013, 2014 and 2016 – Gardner received Black Reel Awards for the films 12 Years a Slave, Selma and Moonlight in the category of Best Film.
- 2013 – British Academy Film Award in the category of Best Film for 12 Years a Slave
- 2011 – Gotham Award for the film The Tree of Life in the category of Best Feature.
- 2013 – Independent Spirit Award for 12 Years a Slave in the category of Best Film.
- 2013 – Producers Guild of America Award for 12 Years a Slave in the category of Best Theatrical Motion Picture.
- 2014 – At the Producers Guild of America Awards, she received a Stanley Kramer Award for the film The Normal Heart as well as a Visionary Award.
- 2015 – At the year’s Producers Guild of America Awards, Gardner received a Best Theatrical Motion Picture for the film The Big Short.