Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer and the president of

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. She is a two-time

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winner for '' 12 Years a Slave'' and ''

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'', the first woman to win two Oscars for

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. Her films '' Selma'', '' The Tree of Life'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' were additionally nominated for the

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Biography

She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of

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. She graduated cum laude from

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in 1990. Her classmates included television showrunners

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and

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. Her father is a partner at the Chicago investment bank William Blair & Company; her mother is president of the Michael Reese Health Trust. In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in an

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ceremony on

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Filmography

''She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''

Film

;Location management ;Thanks

Television

Awards and nominations

In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the

for '' The Tree of Life''. In 2014, she won the

for the movie '' 12 Years a Slave'' alongside co-producers

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, Jeremy Kleiner and

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. In 2015, she was nominated once again for the

for producing '' Selma'' alongside fellow producers

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, Jeremy Kleiner, and

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. In 2017, she won her second

for the movie, ''

''. She becomes the first female producer to win two Academy Awards for Best Picture.

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AFI Awards

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Awards Circuit Community Awards

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CinEuphoria Awards

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Italian Online Movie Awards

Online Film & Television Association Awards

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Dede Living people Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award Golden Globe Award-winning producers American film producers Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award American women film producers 1967 births Columbia College (New York) alumni 21st-century American women