Jeremy Kleiner

Jeremy Kleiner
Kleiner in May 2017
Born1976 or 1977 (age 49–50)
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2000–present

Jeremy Kleiner (born 1976/1977) is an American film producer. Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for four consecutive years for producing 12 Years a Slave (2013), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), and Moonlight (2016), winning for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight. He earned his fifth nomination for Vice (2018).

Early life

Kleiner was born into a Jewish family[1] in either 1976 or 1977.[1] He attended Harvard University, where he won the Detur Book Prize, the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa before graduating in 1998.[2][3][4][5] The Harvard Crimson wrote of Kleiner's thesis that "in the world of Hoopes Prize winners, one thesis surpasses all others with 192 pages of pure writing," noting in 199 that Kleiner was "on the rise in L.A., on the way to becoming a big-shot," while his advisor Patrice Higonnet called Kleiner "one of the most gifted undergraduates I have seen in my thirty-odd years as an instructor in our university."[6]

Career

Kleiner worked as a creative executive at The Donners' Company. In 2003, he joined Plan B Entertainment, working his way up from a creative executive to producer.[7] Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner.[8] He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for four consecutive years for producing 12 Years a Slave (2013), Selma (2014), The Big Short (2015), and Moonlight (2016), winning for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight. He earned his fifth nomination for Vice (2018).[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Executive producer
2010 Kick-Ass Executive producer
Eat Pray Love Executive producer
2013 World War Z Producer
12 Years a Slave Producer
2014 Nightingale Executive producer
Selma Producer
2015 True Story Producer
The Big Short Producer
2016 Moonlight Producer
Frank & Lola Special thanks
The Tiger Hunter Thanks
The Lost City of Z Producer
2017 Okja Producer
War Machine Producer
Brad's Status Producer
Marrowbone Thanks
2018 Beautiful Boy Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk Producer
Vice Producer
2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco Producer
Ad Astra Producer
The King Producer
2020 Kajillionaire Producer
Minari Producer
Irresistible Producer
2022 Father of the Bride Producer
Women Talking Producer
Blonde Producer
Flight/Risk Executive producer
She Said Producer
2023 Landscape with Invisible Hand Producer
2024 Bob Marley: One Love Producer
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Producer[10]
Apocalypse in the Tropics Executive producer[11]
Wolfs Producer[12]
Nickel Boys Producer[13]
2025 Mickey 17 Producer
Olmo Producer[14]
Bono: Stories of Surrender Producer
F1 Producer
Preparation for the Next Life Producer
Hedda Producer
2026 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Producer
TBA The Tiger Producer
Wizards! Producer
Wrong Answer Producer
Weekend Warriors Producer

Television

Year Title Role
2014 Deadbeat Executive producer
2014−2015 Resurrection Executive producer
2017 Monsters of God Executive producer
2016−2019 The OA Executive producer[15]
2018−2019 Sweetbitter Executive producer
2020 The Third Day: Autumn Executive producer
The Third Day Executive producer
2021 The Underground Railroad Executive producer
2020−2021 Lego Masters Executive producer
2022 Outer Range Executive producer
Paper Girls Executive producer
High School Executive producer
2024 3 Body Problem Executive producer
2025 Adolescence Executive producer
TBA Wytches Executive producer

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Won [16]
2014 Selma Nominated [17]
2015 The Big Short Nominated [18]
2016 Moonlight Won [19]
2018 Vice Nominated [20]
2022 Women Talking Nominated [21]
2024 Nickel Boys Nominated [22]
2025 F1 Pending [23]

AACTA International Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave Nominated
2015 The Big Short Nominated

AFI Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Top 10 Films 12 Years a Slave Won
2014 Selma Won
2015 The Big Short Won
2016 Moonlight Won

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Won
2014 Selma Nominated

American Black Film Festival

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Movie of the Year 12 Years a Slave Nominated

Awards Circuit Community Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave Nominated
2014 Selma Nominated

Black Reel Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave Won
2014 Selma Won
2016 Moonlight Won

British Academy Film Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave Won [24]
2015 The Big Short Nominated
2016 Moonlight Nominated
2025 Outstanding British Film H Is for Hawk Nominated

British Academy Television Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best International Programme The Underground Railroad Won [24]

CinEuphoria Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best International Film 12 Years a Slave Nominated

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Worst Picture Blonde Won [25]

Gotham Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Feature 12 Years a Slave Nominated
Audience Award Nominated
2014 Best Feature Nickel Boys Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Film 12 Years a Slave Won
2014 Selma Nominated
2024 Nickel Boys Nominated

Italian Online Movie Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Nominated

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Won
2014 Selma Nominated
2015 The Big Short Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Outstanding Television Movie Nightingale Nominated [26]
2021 Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series The Underground Railroad Nominated
2024 Outstanding Drama Series 3 Body Problem Nominated
2025 Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Adolescence Won

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Theatrical Motion Picture 12 Years a Slave Won[a]
2014 Visionary Award Won [27]
2015 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Big Short Won
2016 Moonlight Nominated
2018 Vice Nominated
2020 David O. Selznick Award Won [28]

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman for Gravity.

References

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