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Dede Gardner

Dede Gardner

Producer · Born October 16, 1967 (59) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

2 Oscars · 2 Primetime Emmys · 2 BAFTA Awards · 2 other major award bodies

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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Born
October 16, 1967 (59)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
69 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 27% in 30 days

What are Dede Gardner's films like?

Across their 61 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Biography14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Bonds
15%
Power
14%
Society
14%
Survival
12%
Morality
12%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds17 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 57 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 16 · Dark 30

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 15

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 23 · Intense 24

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 27 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 35 · Full focus 12

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 25

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 25 · Open-ended 20 · Ambiguous 12

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
37
Contemplative
29
Melancholic
29
Hopeful
21
Dread
13
Other
54

How their films linger

Thought-provoking26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet35
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous16
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dede Gardner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 58 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dede Gardner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • Olmo(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma(2026)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cover-Up(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • H Is for Hawk(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Hedda(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Anemone(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Preparation for the Next Life(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Apocalypse in the Tropics(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • F1: The Movie(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Bono: Stories of Surrender(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • One to One: John & Yoko(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Adolescence(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Mickey 17(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Nickel Boys(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Wolfs(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • 3 Body Problem(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Bob Marley: One Love(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Producer

  • Landscape with Invisible Hand(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Women Talking(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • She Said(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • High School(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Blonde(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Flight/Risk(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Outer Range(2022)

    Show 15 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Paper Girls(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Underground Railroad(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Minari(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Tripping with Nils Frahm(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Third Day: Autumn(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Kajillionaire(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Third Day(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Irresistible(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The King(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Ad Astra(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Last Black Man in San Francisco(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Vice(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • If Beale Street Could Talk(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Beautiful Boy(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Brad's Status(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Okja(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • War Machine(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Lost City of Z(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Voyage of Time: Life's Journey(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Feud(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The OA(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Moonlight(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Voyage of Time(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Big Short(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Hitting the Apex(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • True Story(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Selma(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Normal Heart(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Big Men(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Nightingale(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • 12 Years a Slave(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • World War Z(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Killing Them Softly(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Tree of Life(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Eat Pray Love(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Time Traveler's Wife(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Private Lives of Pippa Lee(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Mighty Heart(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Year of the Dog(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Running with Scissors(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Black Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Hold On to Your Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Night People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Not Another F*cking Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Playground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Pretty/Handsome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • The Bell Jar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Chaperones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Roots Manœuvre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Beetlejuice 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled World War Z Sequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Weekend Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Wizards! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 82 titles, 67 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

F1: The Movie (2025)

$634M worldwide

Highest rated

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

F1: The Movie (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing82 of 82: 82 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

By decade

2000s5 · crew2010s26 · crew2020s36 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 Oscars, 2 Primetime Emmys, 2 BAFTA Awards and 10 other major awards from 44 major nominations, 2008–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Scripted Series
  2. 2025
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  3. 2024
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
  4. 2023
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  5. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, won · International
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
  6. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  7. 2020
    • Producers Guild Award, won
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best First Feature
  8. 2019
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Feature
Show 7 earlier years
  1. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best International
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  2. 2017
    • Oscar, won · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited Series
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Feature
  3. 2016
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  4. 2015
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 2 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, won ×2
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature
  5. 2014
    • Oscar, won · Best Motion Picture of the Year
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Television Movie
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Film
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Feature
  6. 2012
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
  7. 2008
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Feature

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Dede Gardner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 60; across their 57 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 57

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 57

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 57

Midcredits score across 69 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up34
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

39 of their 69 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser39
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · producer

Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)

96th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dede Gardner's work okay for kids?

Across up to 41 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore39 titles9–77 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity41 titles8–55 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity39 titles37–85 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs40 titles13–70 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense37 titles20–80 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Dede Gardner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dede Gardner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brad Pitt shares the most, 53.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles