Dede Gardner

Dede Gardner

Person • Oct 16, 1967

Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer. She was president since the founding of Plan B Entertainment and currently serving as Co-President with Jeremy Kleiner since 2013. 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. (Via Wikipedia)