# Jeremy Kleiner

Jeremy Kleiner (born 1976/1977) is an American film producer. He and his fellow producers won two Academy Awards for Best Picture for the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave and the 2016 film Moonlight. Since 2013 he has served as the Co-President of Plan B Entertainment serving with Dede Gardner.

## Early life and education

Kleiner was born to a Jewish family and is a 1998 graduate of Harvard University, where he won the Detur Book Prize, the Hoopes Prize and was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

## Career

Kleiner worked as creative executive at Dick and Lauren Shuler Donner's company. In 2003, he joined Plan B Entertainment where he worked his way up from creative executive to producer and then co-president in 2013.

## Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit | Ref. |
| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Executive producer | |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Executive producer | |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | World War Z | | |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | | |
| 2014 | Nightingale | Executive producer | |
| 2014 | Selma | | |
| 2015 | True Story | | |
| 2015 | The Big Short | | |
| 2016 | Moonlight | | |
| 2016 | The Lost City of Z | | |
| 2017 | Okja | | |
| 2017 | War Machine | | |
| 2017 | Brad's Status | | |
| 2018 | Beautiful Boy | | |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | | |
| 2018 | Vice | | |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | | |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | | |
| 2019 | The King | | |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | | |
| 2020 | Minari | | |
| 2020 | Irresistible | | |
| 2022 | Father of the Bride | | |
| 2022 | Women Talking | | |
| 2022 | Blonde | | |
| 2022 | Flight/Risk | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | She Said | | |
| 2023 | Landscape with Invisible Hand | | |
| 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | | |
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | | |
| 2024 | Apocalypse in the Tropics | Executive producer | |
| 2024 | Wolfs | | |
| 2024 | Nickel Boys | | |
| 2025 | Mickey 17 | | |
| 2025 | Olmo | Producer | It was screened in Panorama at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025. |
| 2025 | F1 | | |
| TBA | The Tiger | | |
| TBA | Wizards! | | |
| TBA | Wrong Answer | | |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2016 | Frank & Lola | Special thanks |
| 2016 | The Tiger Hunter | Thanks |
| 2017 | Marrowbone | The director wishes to thank |

### Television

| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
| 2014 | Deadbeat | | |
| 2014−15 | Resurrection | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | Monsters of God | Executive producer | Television pilot |
| 2016−19 | The OA | Executive producer | |
| 2018−19 | Sweetbitter | Executive producer | |
| 2020 | The Third Day: Autumn | Executive producer | Television special |
| 2020 | The Third Day | Executive producer | |
| 2021 | The Underground Railroad | Executive producer | |
| 2020−21 | Lego Masters | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Outer Range | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Paper Girls | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | High School | Executive producer | |
| 2024 | 3 Body Problem | Executive producer | |
| 2025 | Adolescence | Executive producer | |
| TBA | Wytches | Executive producer | |
| — | Americanah | Executive producer | |

## Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Best Picture | Selma | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Picture | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Picture | Moonlight | Won |
| 2018 | Best Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Picture | Women Talking | Nominated |
AACTA International Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Film | The Big Short | Nominated |
AFI Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Top 10 Films | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Top 10 Films | Selma | Won |
| 2015 | Top 10 Films | The Big Short | Won |
| 2016 | Top 10 Films | Moonlight | Won |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Best Picture | Selma | Nominated |
American Black Film Festival
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Movie of the Year | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Motion Picture | Selma | Nominated |
Black Reel Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Best Film | Selma | Won |
| 2016 | Best Film | Moonlight | Won |
British Academy Film Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2015 | Best Film | The Big Short | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Film | Moonlight | Nominated |
CinEuphoria Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best International Film | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
Golden Raspberry Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2023 | Worst Picture | Blonde | Won |
Gotham Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Feature | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Audience Award | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
Independent Spirit Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Film | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Best Film | Selma | Nominated |
Italian Online Movie Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Best Picture | Selma | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Picture | The Big Short | Nominated |
Primetime Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2015 | Outstanding Television Movie | Nightingale | Nominated |
Producers Guild of America
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2013 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| 2014 | Visionary Award | Visionary Award | Won |
| 2015 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | The Big Short | Won |
| 2016 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Moonlight | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Vice | Nominated |
| 2020 | David O. Selznick Award | David O. Selznick Award | Won |