Dede Gardner

Though there isn’t a lot of commendable competition in some fields, it needs courage to take those paths and proceed with the desired aim. The same thing happens with the production department in the film industry. Dede Gardner is a producer who has all the qualities of becoming an actor, but still confirmed to be the producer and garnered major accolades. She produced some blockbusters and award winning movies like 12 Years A Slave, The Big Short Click to look into! >> Read More... , etc.

Dede Gardner was born on October 16, 1967. She had a peaceful and learning childhood, and her experiences drove her to become a film producer. Dede Gardner got married to Jonathan Boris Berg in September, 2000.

In 2006, Dede Gardner became the producer with her debut movie, Running With Scissors. This movie is a book adaption of Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. Running Well Scissors got mixed reviews and some state that the emotional aspects are not well portrayed by the actors. It also won some awards like the Satellite Award, Best Overlooked film, etc. along with many nominations. In 2007, Mike White directed under Dede Gardner's production, Year of the Dog, couldn't do extraordinarily at the box office. It is one film that has a good plotline, but failed to attract the audience. But it made the critics recognize who produced the movie. Soon, she rose to top class movies. Her movies include A Mighty Heart, Eat Pray Love, and The Time Traveler's Wife.

In 2011, there was great luck for Dede Gardner. The Tree Of Life was released, which starred Brad Pitt He’s one of the most accomplished actors of our ti >> Read More... . Terrence Malick was the director, who was instrumental in making the film a big success. This movie awesomely depicted the life of a middle class family in the 1950's. The best part about this movie is that the film got screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and then the movie got three Oscar nominations too. She also produced a mediocre reviewed movie, Killing Them Softly Click to look into! >> Read More... , in 2012. Again, in the next year, she produced World War Z Click to look into! >> Read More... . Brad Pitt again took a serious role in order to portray the emotional aspects well. World War Z is yet another hit for Dede Gardner. Though it has an uneven plotline, the movie drew the attention of the critics and people with the solid performance. As a Best thriller, it received the Saturn Award. It got a nomination for the Academy Award too.

In 2013, Dede Gardner took a courageous step and produced 12 Years a Slave. For this movie, she got an Oscar Award for the best film. However, Dede Gardner made her mark on the society of Blacks.