Background
She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of Winnetka, Illinois.
She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of Winnetka, Illinois.
Academy AACTA International American Film Institute Alliance of Women Film Journalists
American Black Film Festival
Awards Circuit Community Black Reel British Academy Film CinEuphoria Gotham Independent Spirit Italian Online Movie Online Film & Television Association Primetime Emmy Producers Guild of America Awards.
In 2012, Gardner and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Tree of Life. In 2014, she won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the movie 12 Years a Slave alongside co-producers Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas. In 2015, she was nominated once again for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Selma alongside fellow producers Oprah Winfrey, Jeremy Kleiner, and Christian Colson.
