Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige (/ˈfaɪɡi/ FY-ghee; born June 2, 1973)[1] is an American film producer and television producer who has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary creator and producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007.[2] The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $26.8 billion .[3]

Kevin Feige
Feige at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1973-06-02) June 2, 1973
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupation
  • Film producer
  • studio executive
Years active2000–present
EmployerWalt Disney Studios
Notable work
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Title
Spouse(s)Caitlin Feige
Children2

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]

Early life and career

Feige was born in Boston, Massachusetts in a Jewish family 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][9]

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.[8]

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.[8]

Film producer
Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.[10]

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.[11] In the mid-2000s, Feige realized that although Spider-Man and the X-Men had been licensed to Sony and 20th Century Fox, Marvel still owned the rights to the core members of the Avengers, and envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had done with their comic books in the early 1960s.[12]

Feige was named president of production for Marvel Studios in March 2007.[13]

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."[14]

For his work on Black Panther, Feige received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.[15]

Feige was awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2019.[16] On September 26, 2019, it was reported that Feige is currently developing a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm.[17] On January 11, 2021 in a live broadcast on the YouTube channel Star Wars Theory he will not be involved in Star Wars further after his film is done.[18]

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.[19]

Personal life

Feige is married to Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse.[20] They have two children: a daughter born in 2009, and a son born in 2012.[21]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Role
2000 X-Men Associate producer
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Daredevil Co-Producer
2003 X2
2003 Hulk Executive Producer
2004 The Punisher
2004 Spider-Man 2
2005 Man-Thing
2005 Elektra Co-Producer
2005 Fantastic Four Executive Producer
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Spider-Man 3
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
2008 Punisher: War Zone
2008 Iron Man Producer
2008 The Incredible Hulk
2009 Hulk Versus Executive Producer
2010 Iron Man 2 Producer
2011 Thor
2011 Thor: Tales of Asgard Executive Producer
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 The Avengers Producer
2013 Iron Man 3
2013 Thor: The Dark World
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Ant-Man
2016 Captain America: Civil War
2016 Doctor Strange
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 Thor: Ragnarok
2018 Black Panther
2018 Avengers: Infinity War
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019 Captain Marvel
2019 Avengers: Endgame
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home
2021 Black Widow
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 Eternals
2021 Untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

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[22] Episode: Bart the Bad Guy; voice of Chinnos
2021 WandaVision Executive producer 9 episodes
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 6 episodes; Post-production
Loki 6 episodes; Post-production
What If...? 20 episodes; In production
Ms. Marvel Filming
Hawkeye Filming

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
2018 Team Darryl

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