diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index e88061426..42ac8f4f0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -167,3 +167,4 @@ Contributors (chronological)
 - Ryan Morehart `@traherom <https://github.com/traherom>`_
 - Ben Windsor `@bwindsor <https://github.com/bwindsor>`_
 - Kevin Kirsche `@kkirsche <https://github.com/kkirsche>`_
+- Dusko Simidzija `@dsimidzija <https://github.com/dsimidzija>`_
diff --git a/src/marshmallow/fields.py b/src/marshmallow/fields.py
index d1cd88cc0..7af5b4a1a 100644
--- a/src/marshmallow/fields.py
+++ b/src/marshmallow/fields.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     missing as missing_,
     resolve_field_instance,
     is_aware,
+    _get_value_for_key,
+    _get_value_for_keys,
 )
 from marshmallow.exceptions import (
     ValidationError,
@@ -310,6 +312,50 @@ def _validate_missing(self, value):
         if value is None and not self.allow_none:
             raise self.make_error("null")
 
+    def get_serializer(
+        self,
+        attr: str,
+        accessor: typing.Optional[
+            typing.Callable[[typing.Any, str, typing.Any], typing.Any]
+        ] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> typing.Callable[[typing.Any], typing.Any]:
+        """Return an optimized serializer for this Field object.
+
+        :param str attr: The attribute or key on the object to be serialized.
+        :param dict kwargs: Field-specific keyword arguments.
+        :return: Serializer function.
+        """
+        if not self._CHECK_ATTRIBUTE:
+            return lambda obj: self._serialize(None, attr, obj, **kwargs)
+
+        attribute = getattr(self, "attribute", None)
+        check_key = attr if attribute is None else attribute
+        dump_default = None
+        callable_default = False
+        has_default = hasattr(self, "dump_default")
+        if has_default:
+            dump_default = self.dump_default
+            callable_default = callable(dump_default)
+        if accessor:
+            accessor_func = accessor
+        else:
+            if not isinstance(check_key, int) and "." in check_key:
+                accessor_func = _get_value_for_keys
+                check_key = check_key.split(".")
+            else:
+                accessor_func = _get_value_for_key
+
+        def _serializer(obj):
+            value = accessor_func(obj, check_key, missing_)
+            if value is missing_ and has_default:
+                value = dump_default() if callable_default else dump_default
+            if value is missing_:
+                return value
+            return self._serialize(value, attr, obj, **kwargs)
+
+        return _serializer
+
     def serialize(
         self,
         attr: str,
diff --git a/src/marshmallow/schema.py b/src/marshmallow/schema.py
index 12bb2f4c7..b755d53f1 100644
--- a/src/marshmallow/schema.py
+++ b/src/marshmallow/schema.py
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.fields = {}  # type: typing.Dict[str, ma_fields.Field]
         self.load_fields = {}  # type: typing.Dict[str, ma_fields.Field]
         self.dump_fields = {}  # type: typing.Dict[str, ma_fields.Field]
+        self.dump_serializers = (
+            self.dict_class()
+        )  # type: typing.Dict[str, typing.Callable]
         self._init_fields()
         messages = {}
         messages.update(self._default_error_messages)
@@ -466,7 +469,7 @@ def handle_error(
         """
         pass
 
-    def get_attribute(self, obj: typing.Any, attr: str, default: typing.Any):
+    def default_get_attribute(self, obj: typing.Any, attr: str, default: typing.Any):
         """Defines how to pull values from an object to serialize.
 
         .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
@@ -476,6 +479,8 @@ def get_attribute(self, obj: typing.Any, attr: str, default: typing.Any):
         """
         return get_value(obj, attr, default)
 
+    get_attribute = default_get_attribute
+
     ##### Serialization/Deserialization API #####
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -510,19 +515,41 @@ def _serialize(
         .. versionchanged:: 1.0.0
             Renamed from ``marshal``.
         """
-        if many and obj is not None:
-            return [
-                self._serialize(d, many=False)
-                for d in typing.cast(typing.Iterable[_T], obj)
-            ]
-        ret = self.dict_class()
-        for attr_name, field_obj in self.dump_fields.items():
-            value = field_obj.serialize(attr_name, obj, accessor=self.get_attribute)
-            if value is missing:
-                continue
-            key = field_obj.data_key if field_obj.data_key is not None else attr_name
-            ret[key] = value
-        return ret
+        if not self.dump_serializers:
+            accessor = (
+                None
+            )  # type: typing.Optional[typing.Callable[[typing.Any, str, typing.Any], typing.Any]]
+            if self.get_attribute != self.default_get_attribute:
+                accessor = self.get_attribute
+
+            for field_name, field_obj in self.dump_fields.items():
+                key = (
+                    field_obj.data_key if field_obj.data_key is not None else field_name
+                )
+                self.dump_serializers[key] = field_obj.get_serializer(
+                    field_name, accessor
+                )
+
+        source_obj = [None]  # typing: typing.List[typing.Any]
+
+        if not many:
+            source_obj = [typing.cast(typing.Any, obj)]
+        elif many and obj is not None:
+            source_obj = typing.cast(typing.List[typing.Any], obj)
+
+        output = []
+        for current_obj in source_obj:
+            ret = self.dict_class()
+            for key, serializer in self.dump_serializers.items():
+                value = serializer(current_obj)
+                if value is missing:
+                    continue
+                ret[key] = value
+            output.append(ret)
+
+        if not many:
+            return output[0]
+        return output
 
     def dump(self, obj: typing.Any, *, many: typing.Optional[bool] = None):
         """Serialize an object to native Python data types according to this
@@ -1015,6 +1042,7 @@ def _init_fields(self) -> None:
         self.fields = fields_dict
         self.dump_fields = dump_fields
         self.load_fields = load_fields
+        self.dump_serializers = self.dict_class()
 
     def on_bind_field(self, field_name: str, field_obj: ma_fields.Field) -> None:
         """Hook to modify a field when it is bound to the `Schema`.