Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige (/ˈfaɪɡi/ FY-ghee; born June 2, 1973)[1] is an American film producer who has been the president of Marvel Studios since 2007.[2] The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $26.8 billion.[3] Feige is a member of the Producers Guild of America. In 2019, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Black Panther, the first superhero film ever to receive a Best Picture nomination, as well as the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to win an Academy Award, marking it the first time Feige was nominated for an Academy Award, and in October 2019 he became chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment. On July 21, 2019, Avengers: Endgame, which he produced, became the highest-grossing film of all time.[4]

Kevin Feige
Feige at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1973-06-02) June 2, 1973 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation	Film producer studio executive
Years active	2000–present
Employer	Walt Disney Studios
Notable work	Marvel Cinematic Universe
Home town	Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Title	President, Marvel Studios Chief Creative Officer, Marvel
Spouse(s)	Caitlin Feige
Children	2

Early life and career

Feige was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Westfield, New Jersey,[1][5] where he graduated from Westfield High School.[6] His maternal grandfather, Robert E. Short, was a television producer in the 1950s, working on soap operas including The Guiding Light and As the World Turns.[7][8]

After high school, Feige applied to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, the alma mater of his favorite directors: George Lucas, Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis. His first five applications were rejected, but he persevered and was accepted on the sixth.[7]

His early work includes being assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on Volcano and You've Got Mail.

In 2000, he was hired by Marvel as a producer.[7]

Film producer

Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

On the first X-Men film, Donner made Feige an associate producer, due to his knowledge of the Marvel Universe.[5] Impressing Avi Arad, he was hired to work as his second-in-command at Marvel Studios that same year.[9] Feige was named president of production for Marvel Studios in March 2007.[10]

Feige received the Motion Picture Showman of the Year award at the ICG Publicists Guild Awards on February 22, 2013. The Awards committee chairman, Henri Bollinger, said "Kevin Feige's understanding and appreciation of publicity and promotion in the role of a movie's success has led to a string of blockbuster feature films adapted from the pages of Marvel comic books during the past 10 years."[11]

For his work on Black Panther, Feige received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.[12]

Feige was awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2019.[13] On September 26, 2019, it was reported that Feige is currently developing a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm.[14]

In October 2019, Feige, in addition to being President of Marvel Studios, was named Chief Creative Officer for Marvel Comics, Marvel Television and Marvel Animation.[15]

Personal life

Feige is married to Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse.[16] They have two children: a daughter born in 2009, and a son born in 2012.[17]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Producer	Executive producer	Notes
2000	X-Men	Associate	No
2002	Spider-Man	Associate	No
2003	Daredevil	Co-producer	No
	X2	Co-producer	No
	Hulk	No	Yes
2004	The Punisher	No	Yes
	Spider-Man 2	No	Yes
2005	Elektra	Co-producer	No
	Man-Thing	No	Yes
	Fantastic Four	No	Yes
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	No	Yes
2007	Spider-Man 3	No	Yes
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	No	Yes
2008	Iron Man	Yes	No	Co-produced with Avi Arad
	The Incredible Hulk	Yes	No	Co-produced with Avi Arad and Gale Anne Hurd
	Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow	No	Yes	Animated direct-to-video film
	Punisher: War Zone	No	Yes
2009	Hulk Versus	No	Yes	Animated direct-to-video film
2010	Iron Man 2	Yes	No
2011	Thor	Yes	No
	Thor: Tales of Asgard	No	Yes	Animated direct-to-video film
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Yes	No
2012	The Avengers	Yes	No
	The Amazing Spider-Man	No	Yes
2013	Iron Man 3	Yes	No
	Thor: The Dark World	Yes	No
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Yes	No
	Guardians of the Galaxy	Yes	No
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Yes	No
	Ant-Man	Yes	No
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Yes	No
	Doctor Strange	Yes	No
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Yes	No
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Yes	No	Co-produced with Amy Pascal
	Thor: Ragnarok	Yes	No
2018	Black Panther	Yes	No
	Avengers: Infinity War	Yes	No
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Yes	No	Co-produced with Stephen Broussard
2019	Captain Marvel	Yes	No
	Avengers: Endgame	Yes	No
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Yes	No	Co-produced with Amy Pascal
2020	Black Widow	Yes	No	Post-production
2021	The Eternals	Yes	No	Post-production
	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Yes	No	Filming

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2012	Iron Man: Armored Adventures	Executive producer	52 episodes
2009	Wolverine and the X-Men		26 episodes
2015–2016	Agent Carter		18 episodes
2020	The Simpsons	Voice actor[18]	Episode: Bart the Bad Guy; voice of Chinnos
	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Executive producer	6 episodes; Filming
	WandaVision		6 episodes; Post-production
2021	Loki		6 episodes; Filming
	What If...?		20 episodes; In production

Short films

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Consultant	Producer
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
2012	Item 47
2013	Agent Carter
2014	All Hail the King
2016	Team Thor		Co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum
2017	Team Thor: Part 2		Co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum
2018	Team Darryl		Co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum

References

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2. "Marvel Entertainment Names David Maisel as Chairman, Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige as President..." Business Wire. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
3. "Kevin Feige Movie Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
4. "'The Lion King' Debuts with Record $185M & 'Endgame' Becomes Global #1". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
5. "Marvel With a Fan at the Helm Steers Its Heroes to the Screen". The New York Times. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2010. Mr. Feige, 38...
6. Alterman, Elizabeth (June 25, 2013). "Follow Your Bliss, WHS Principal Tells Class of 2013". Westfield Patch. Archived from the original on November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
7. Garrahan, Matthew (October 31, 2014). "Kevin Feige: the movie nut who transformed Marvel". Financial Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Mr Feige, 41,.... As a teenager in New Jersey, Mr Feige knew he wanted to work in Hollywood. ... Giving this year's commencement address at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, he told the audience of Gamble soap operas such as Guiding Light and As the World Turns (subscription required)
8. Roshanian, Arya (August 2, 2016). "Former Procter & Gamble Executive Robert E. Short Dies at 95".
9. Leonard, Devin (April 3, 2014). "The Pow! Bang! Bam! Plan to Save Marvel, Starring B-List Heroes". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2015.(subscription required)
10. "Marvel Entertainment Names David Maisel as Chairman, Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige as President..." AllBusiness.com. March 13, 2007. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
11. Siegel, Tatiana (November 14, 2012). "Marvel President Kevin Feige Named Motion Picture Showman of the Year by IATSE Local 600". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
12. "'Black Panther': nominations and awards". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
13. Kilday, Gregg (August 30, 2018). "Kevin Feige to Be Honored by Producers Guild of America". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
14. Masters, Kim (September 25, 2019). "'Star Wars' Shocker: Marvel's Kevin Feige Developing New Movie for Disney (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
15. Fleming Jr., Mike (October 15, 2019). "Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Adds Marvel Chief Creative Officer Title; He'll Oversee All Creative & Story Initiatives". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
16. David, Mark (September 2, 2014). "Kevin Feige's Super Upgrade in Pacific Palisades (Excusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
17. Feinberg, Scott (November 10, 2019). "'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Kevin Feige ('Avengers: Endgame')". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 7, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
18. Gillibrand, Abigail (October 24, 2019). "Kevin Feige and Russo Brothers to star in Avengers themed Simpsons episode". Metro. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

External links

• Kevin Feige on IMDb