Jeremy Kleiner

Jeremy Kleiner
Jeremy Kleiner
	Kleiner in 2017
Born	1976or1977(age 48)
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Movie producer[ citation needed ]
Years active	2000–present
Title	Co-President of Plan B Entertainment

Last updated February 26, 2025

Jeremy Kleiner (born 1976/1977)^[1] 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 .^[2] Since 2013 he has served as the Co-President of Plan B Entertainment serving with Dede Gardner.^[3]

Early life and education

Kleiner was born to a Jewish family^[1] and is a 1998 graduate of Harvard University, where he won the Detur Book Prize, the Hoopes Prize and was elected Phi Beta Kappa.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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.^[8]

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
	War Machine
	Brad's Status
2018	Beautiful Boy
	If Beale Street Could Talk
	Vice
2019	The Last Black Man in San Francisco
	Ad Astra
	The King
2020	Kajillionaire
	Minari
	Irresistible
2022	Father of the Bride
	Women Talking
	Blonde
	Flight/Risk	Executive producer
	She Said
2023	Landscape with Invisible Hand
2024	Bob Marley: One Love
	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice		^[9]
	Apocalypse in the Tropics	Executive producer	^[10]
	Wolfs		^[11]
	Nickel Boys		^[12]
2025	Mickey 17
	Olmo	Producer	It was screened in Panorama at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025.^[13]
	F1
TBA	The Tiger
	Wizards!
	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	Ref.
2014	Deadbeat
2014−15	Resurrection	Executive producer
2017	Monsters of God	Executive producer	Television pilot
2016−19	The OA	Executive producer		^[14]
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
	Paper Girls	Executive producer
	High School	Executive producer
2024	3 Body Problem	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		Selma	Nominated
2015		The Big Short	Nominated
2016		Moonlight	Won
2018		Vice	Nominated
2022		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		Selma	Won
2015		The Big Short	Won
2016		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		Selma	Won
2016		Moonlight	Won

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2013	Best Film	12 Years a Slave	Won
2015		The Big Short	Nominated
2016		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		Selma	Nominated
2015		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	Ref.
2013	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	12 Years a Slave	Won
2014	Visionary Award		Won
2015	Best Theatrical Motion Picture	The Big Short	Won
2016		Moonlight	Nominated
2018		Vice	Nominated
2020	David O. Selznick Award		Won	^[15]

References

1 2 Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016). "The tribe at the Oscars, 2016". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
↑ "2013 Oscar Nominees | 85th Academy Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
↑ "Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment". Variety. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
↑ "'Moonlight' reflection - Oscar-nominated composer Britell '03 found inspiration in film's poetic depth". Harvard University Gazette. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
↑ "Sophomores Awarded Detur Book Prizes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
↑ "55 Seniors Awarded $2,500 Hoopes Prizes". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
↑ "Phi Beta Kappa Elections". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
↑ Variety Magazine: "Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment" by Justin Kroll Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine May 22, 2013
↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 9, 2023). "'Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
↑ Sales Ross, Rafa (August 29, 2024). "Oscar-Nominated Petra Costa, Director of Venice's 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' on How Brazil Serves as a 'Parable' for the U.S." Variety. Archived from the original on August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 22, 2023). "Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis' For 2024". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 29, 2024). "Amazon MGM Studios & Orion Set Fall Release For Feature Take Of Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel 'Nickel Boys'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
↑ Vassilis Economou (January 16, 2025). "Diverse perspectives and limitless creativity abound in the Berlinale Panorama". Cineuropa . Retrieved January 19, 2025.
↑ "Netflix Greenlights 'The OA' Reuniting Brit Marling And Zal Batmanglij". Deadline Hollywood. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
↑ Wilson, Jordan (December 12, 2019). "PGA Awards: Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner to Receive David O. Selznick Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

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[Times_Tribe-1] 1 2 Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016). "The tribe at the Oscars, 2016". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

[2] "2013 Oscar Nominees | 85th Academy Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2017.

[3] "Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment". Variety. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

[4] "'Moonlight' reflection - Oscar-nominated composer Britell '03 found inspiration in film's poetic depth". Harvard University Gazette. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.

[5] "Sophomores Awarded Detur Book Prizes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[6] "55 Seniors Awarded $2,500 Hoopes Prizes". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[7] "Phi Beta Kappa Elections". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[8] Variety Magazine: "Jeremy Kleiner Tapped as Co-President of Plan B Entertainment" by Justin Kroll Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine May 22, 2013

[9] D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 9, 2023). "'Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.

[10] Sales Ross, Rafa (August 29, 2024). "Oscar-Nominated Petra Costa, Director of Venice's 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' on How Brazil Serves as a 'Parable' for the U.S." Variety. Archived from the original on August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

[11] D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 22, 2023). "Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis' For 2024". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

[12] D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 29, 2024). "Amazon MGM Studios & Orion Set Fall Release For Feature Take Of Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel 'Nickel Boys'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[13] Vassilis Economou (January 16, 2025). "Diverse perspectives and limitless creativity abound in the Berlinale Panorama". Cineuropa . Retrieved January 19, 2025.

[14] "Netflix Greenlights 'The OA' Reuniting Brit Marling And Zal Batmanglij". Deadline Hollywood. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[15] Wilson, Jordan (December 12, 2019). "PGA Awards: Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner to Receive David O. Selznick Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

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v t e Plan B Entertainment
Films	Troy (2004) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) The Departed (2006) Running with Scissors (2006) Year of the Dog (2007) A Mighty Heart (2007) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) Kick-Ass (2010) Eat Pray Love (2010) The Tree of Life (2011) Moneyball (2011) Killing Them Softly (2012) Kick-Ass 2 (2013) World War Z (2013) 12 Years a Slave (2013) Selma (2014) True Story (2015) The Big Short (2015) Moonlight (2016) The Lost City of Z (2016) Voyage of Time (2016) War Machine (2017) Okja (2017) Brad's Status (2017) Beautiful Boy (2018) If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Vice (2018) The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) Ad Astra (2019) The King (2019) Irresistible (2020) Kajillionaire (2020) Minari (2020) Father of the Bride (2022) Blonde (2022) She Said (2022) Women Talking (2022) Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023) Bob Marley: One Love (2024) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Nickel Boys (2024) Wolfs (2024) Mickey 17 (2025) F1 (2025) Hedda (TBA)
People	Jennifer Aniston (founder) Brad Grey (founder) Kristin Hahn (founder) Brad Pitt (founder) Dede Gardner (co-president) Jeremy Kleiner (co-president)
Owner	Mediawan

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