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Dede Gardner
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Biography
Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer. She has been president since the founding of Plan B Entertainment and has been serving as Co-President with Jeremy Kleiner since 2013. She has won Oscars for producing the films 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Moonlight (2016), becoming the first woman to win two Oscars 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), and Nickel Boys (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Colson Whitehead, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Moonlight
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Vice
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F1
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The Tree of Life
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Okja
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World War Z
Producer
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Producer
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Open Doors: Cinema That Sees Everyone
From a deaf drummer to a queer romance in space, these eight films expand who gets to be a hero, a lover, a survivor. A journey through inclusive storytelling t...
8 films
The Rivalry Within: How Feuds Shape the Soul
From duelling magicians to warring chefs, explore how rivalry reveals our deepest fears and desires. A cinematic journey through competition, obsession, and the...
8 films
Ghosts in the Machine
From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.
8 films
What We Make Monsters Of
A creature feature is rarely about the creature. From Na Hong-jin's Hope to a Scottish island burning its own kindness, this is a chain about communities that d...
8 films
The Summer Was Never Going To Last
From the last sun-drenched days of July to the first rustle of October, this chain follows the slow turn of the season through films that understand the ache of...
7 films
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Cover-Up
2025
F1
2025
Adolescence
2025
Wolfs
2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Bob Marley: One Love
2024
Ad Astra
2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
Vice
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Okja
2017
Moonlight
2016
The Big Short
2015
Hitting the Apex
2015
True Story
2015
Selma
2014
The Normal Heart
2014
Big Men
2014
12 Years a Slave
2013
World War Z
2013
The Tree of Life
2011
Eat Pray Love
2010
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007