Kevin Feige

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Kevin Feige (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; born June 2, 1973[1]) is an American film and television producer. He has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise since 2007.[2][3] The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over Template:US$,[4] making him the highest grossing producer of all time, with Avengers: Endgame (2019) becoming the highest-grossing film at the time of its release.

Feige is a member of the Producers Guild of America. In 2018, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Black Panther, the first superhero film to receive that honor and the first film in the MCU to win an Academy Award. In October 2019, he became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment.

Early life

Feige was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Westfield, New Jersey, the son of Maralyn and Tim Feige.[1][5][6] He moved to New Jersey at the age of three and lived there until the age of eighteen,[7] when he graduated from Westfield High School.[8] 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.[9][10][11]

After high school, Feige attended the University of Southern California, the alma mater of his favorite directors: George Lucas, Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis. His first five applications to the USC School of Cinematic Arts were rejected, but he was accepted on the sixth.[10] He graduated in 1995 with a degree in film,[12] receiving an honorary doctorate in 2023.[13]

Career

His early work includes being assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on the films Volcano (1997) and You've Got Mail (1998).[10] On the first X-Men film, released in 2000, Donner made Feige an associate producer due to his knowledge of the Marvel Universe.[5] Impressing Avi Arad, Feige was hired to work as a producer at Marvel Studios and as Arad's second-in-command that same year.[14][10] In the mid-2000s, Feige realized that although the characters Spider-Man, Blade, and the X-Men had been respectively licensed to the film companies Sony Pictures, New Line Cinema, and 20th Century Fox, Marvel still owned the film rights to the core members of the Avengers. He envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had done with their comic books in the early 1960s.[15] Feige was named the president of production at Marvel Studios in March 2007, replacing the studio's president Michael Helfant.[2] Following the successful opening weekend of Marvel's film Iron Man in May 2008, Feige was promoted to president of Marvel Studios.[3]

Kevin Feige speaking at Marvel Studios' panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con wearing a black hat with a red Avengers insignia.
Feige at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

Feige received the Motion Picture Showman of the Year award at the International Cinematographers Guild's Publicists Guild Awards on February 22, 2013.[16] For his work on Black Panther (2018), Feige received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.[17] Feige was awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2019.[18] In September 2019, it was reported that Feige was developing a Star Wars film for Lucasfilm,[19] which was no longer in active development by March 2023.[20] In October 2019, Feige, in addition to being president of Marvel Studios, was named chief creative officer for Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Marvel Television, and Marvel Animation.[21]

Personal life

Feige married Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse,[22] around 2007.[7] They have two children: a daughter Ella born in 2009, and a son Erik born in 2012.[23][7][24]

Filmography

Film

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Other roles
Year Title Role
1997 Volcano Production assistant
1998 You've Got Mail
2000 X-Men Associate producer
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Daredevil Co-producer
X2
Hulk Executive producer
2004 The Punisher
Spider-Man 2
2005 Elektra Co-producer
Man-Thing Executive producer
Fantastic Four
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 Spider-Man 3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2008 Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Punisher: War Zone
2009 Hulk Versus
2011 Thor: Tales of Asgard
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man

Television

As executive producer unless otherwise noted
Year Title Notes
2009 Wolverine and the X-Men 26 episodes
2009–2012 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 52 episodes
2015–2016 Agent Carter 18 episodes
2020 The Simpsons Voice of Chinnos only (Episode: "Bart the Bad Guy")[25]
2021 WandaVision 9 episodes
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 6 episodes
2021–2023 Loki 12 episodes
2021–2024 What If...? 26 episodes
2021 Hawkeye 6 episodes
2022 Moon Knight
Ms. Marvel
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 9 episodes
Werewolf by Night Television special
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2023 Secret Invasion 6 episodes
2024 Echo 5 episodes
2024–present X-Men '97 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season[26]
2024 Agatha All Along 9 episodes
2025–present Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season[27][28]
Daredevil: Born Again 9 episodes; renewed for a second season[29]
2025 Template:Pending series 6 episodes; Post-production
Template:Pending series 4 episodes; In production
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Template:Pending series 8 episodes; Post-production
2026 Template:Pending series Filming

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Shorts

As producer
Year Title Notes
2011 The Consultant Marvel One-Shot film
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 Mockumentary film; co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum
2017 Team Thor: Part 2
2018 Team Darryl
2022–2023 I Am Groot 10-episode series

Awards and nominations

Kevin Feige, with the Inkpot Award, speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International
Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con[30]
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Award Year Nominated work Category Result Template:Refh
Academy Awards 2019 Black Panther Best Picture Nominated [31]
Britannia Awards 2018 Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment Won [32]
Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2023 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Outstanding Fiction Special Won [33]
I Am Groot Outstanding Short Form Program Won
2025 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Nominated [34]
Inkpot Award 2017 Inkpot Award Won [30]
Critics' Choice Television Awards 2022 What If...? Best Animated Series Won [35]
WandaVision Best Movie/Miniseries Nominated
2024 Loki Best Drama Series Nominated [36]
Golden Globe Awards 2019 Black Panther Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated [37]
Gotham TV Awards 2024 X-Men '97 Breakthrough Drama Series Nominated [38]
Grammy Awards 2024 Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated [39]
Hollywood Film Awards 2019 Avengers: Endgame Hollywood Blockbuster Award Won [40]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 WandaVision Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Nominated [41]
2022 What If...? Outstanding Animated Program Nominated
2024 X-Men '97 Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards 2019 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures Won [18]
Black Panther Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated [42]
2022 WandaVision Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television Nominated [43]
2023 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated [44]
Saturn Awards 2019 Stan Lee World Builder Award Won [45]

References

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