Jeremy Kleiner

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Born1976 or 1977 (age 49–50)
OccupationFilm producer
Yearsactive2000–present
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).

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
2009The Private Lives of Pippa LeeExecutive producer
2010Kick-Ass
Eat Pray Love
2013World War ZProducer
12 Years a Slave
2014NightingaleExecutive producer
SelmaProducer
2015True Story
The Big Short
2016Moonlight
Frank & LolaSpecial thanks
The Tiger HunterThanks
The Lost City of ZProducer
2017Okja
War Machine
Brad's Status
MarrowboneThanks
2018Beautiful BoyProducer
If Beale Street Could Talk
Vice
2019The Last Black Man in San FranciscoProducer
Ad Astra
The King
2020Kajillionaire
Minari
Irresistible
2022Father of the Bride
Women Talking
Blonde
Flight/RiskExecutive producer
She SaidProducer
2023Landscape with Invisible Hand
2024Bob Marley: One Love
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Apocalypse in the TropicsExecutive producer[10]
WolfsProducer[11]
Nickel Boys
2025Mickey 17
Olmo
Bono: Stories of Surrender
F1
Preparation for the Next Life
Hedda
2026 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
TBAThe Tiger
Wizards!
Wrong Answer
Weekend Warriors

Television

Year Title Role
2014DeadbeatExecutive producer
2014−2015ResurrectionExecutive producer
2017Monsters of GodExecutive producer
2016−2019The OAExecutive producer[12]
2018−2019SweetbitterExecutive producer
2020The Third Day: AutumnExecutive producer
The Third DayExecutive producer
2021The Underground RailroadExecutive producer
2020−2021Lego MastersExecutive producer
2022Outer RangeExecutive producer
Paper GirlsExecutive producer
High SchoolExecutive producer
20243 Body ProblemExecutive producer
2025AdolescenceExecutive producer
TBAWytchesExecutive producer

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Won [13]
2014 Selma Nominated [14]
2015 The Big Short Nominated [15]
2016 Moonlight Won [16]
2018 Vice Nominated [17]
2022 Women Talking Nominated [18]
2024 Nickel Boys Nominated [19]
2025 F1 Nominated [20]

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 [21]
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 [21]

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 [22]

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 [23]
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 [24]
2015 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Big Short Won
2016 Moonlight Nominated
2018 Vice Nominated
2020 David O. Selznick Award Won [25]

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