Kevin Feige
Kevin Feige (/ˈfaɪɡi/ FY-ghee; 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 franchise since 2007.[2] The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $29.7 billion,[3] making him the highest grossing producer of all time, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film at the time of its release.
Kevin Feige
June 2, 1973
- Film producer
- studio executive
1997–present
- President, Marvel Studios
- Chief Creative Officer, Marvel
Caitlin Feige (m. c. 2007)
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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 Marvel Cinematic Universe to win an Academy Award. In October 2019, he became chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment.
Early life[edit]
Feige was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Westfield, New Jersey, the son of Maralyn and Tim Feige.[1][4][5] He moved to New Jersey at the age of eight and lived there until the age of eighteen,[6] when he graduated from Westfield High School.[7] 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.[8][9][10]
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.[9] He graduated in 1995 with a degree in film,[11] receiving an honorary doctorate in 2023.[12]