# Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige (/ˈfaɪɡi/ FY-ghee; born June 2, 1973) 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. The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $31 billion, 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. He moved to New Jersey at the age of three and lived there until the age of eighteen, when he graduated from Westfield High School. 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.
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. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in film, receiving an honorary doctorate in 2023.

## Career

His early work includes being assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on the films Volcano (1997) and You've Got Mail (1998). On the first X-Men film, released in 2000, Donner made Feige an associate producer due to his knowledge of the Marvel Universe. Impressing Avi Arad, Feige was hired to work as a producer at Marvel Studios and as Arad's second-in-command that same year. 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. Feige was named the president of production at Marvel Studios in March 2007, replacing the studio's president Michael Helfant. Following the successful opening weekend of Marvel's film Iron Man in May 2008, Feige was promoted to president of Marvel Studios.
Feige received the Motion Picture Showman of the Year award at the International Cinematographers Guild's Publicists Guild Awards on February 22, 2013. 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. Feige was awarded the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2019. In September 2019, it was reported that Feige was developing a Star Wars film for Lucasfilm, which was no longer in active development by March 2023. 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.

## Personal life

Feige married Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse, around 2007. They have two children: a daughter born in 2009, and a son born in 2012.

## Filmography
### Film

As producer :
| Year | Title | Status |
| 2008 | Iron Man | |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | |
| 2011 | Thor | |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | |
| 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 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | |
| 2023 | The Marvels | |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World | |
| 2025 | Thunderbolts* † | Post-production |
| 2025 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps † | Post-production |
Key :
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Other roles :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1997 | Volcano | Production assistant |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Production assistant |
| 2000 | X-Men | Associate producer |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Associate producer |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Co-producer |
| 2003 | X2 | Co-producer |
| 2003 | Hulk | Executive producer |
| 2004 | The Punisher | Executive producer |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Elektra | Co-producer |
| 2005 | Man-Thing | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | Executive producer |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Executive producer |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Executive producer |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Executive producer |
| 2008 | Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow | Executive producer |
| 2008 | Punisher: War Zone | Executive producer |
| 2009 | Hulk Versus | Executive producer |
| 2011 | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Executive producer |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Executive producer |

### 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") |
| 2021 | WandaVision | 9 episodes |
| 2021 | 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 | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Ms. Marvel | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | 9 episodes |
| 2022 | Werewolf by Night | Television special |
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Television special |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | 6 episodes |
| 2024 | Echo | 5 episodes |
| 2024–present | X-Men '97 | 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season |
| 2024 | Agatha All Along | 9 episodes |
| 2025–present | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season |
| 2025–present | Daredevil: Born Again | 9 episodes; renewed for a second season |
| 2025 | Ironheart † | 6 episodes; Post-production |
| 2025 | Eyes of Wakanda † | 4 episodes; In production |
| 2025 | Marvel Zombies † | 4 episodes; In production |
| 2025 | Wonder Man † | 8 episodes; Post-production |
| 2026 | Vision Quest † | Filming |
Key :
| † | Denotes series that have not yet been released |

### Shorts

As producer :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2011 | The Consultant | Marvel One-Shot film |
| 2011 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Marvel One-Shot film |
| 2012 | Item 47 | Marvel One-Shot film |
| 2013 | Agent Carter | Marvel One-Shot film |
| 2014 | All Hail the King | Marvel One-Shot film |
| 2016 | Team Thor | Mockumentary film; co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum |
| 2017 | Team Thor: Part 2 | Mockumentary film; co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum |
| 2018 | Team Darryl | Mockumentary film; co-produced with Taika Waititi and Brad Winderbaum |
| 2022–2023 | I Am Groot | 10-episode series |

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Kevin Feige :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Academy Awards | 2019 | Black Panther | Best Picture | Nominated |
| Britannia Awards | 2018 | — | Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment | Won |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards | 2023 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Outstanding Fiction Special | Won |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards | 2023 | I Am Groot | Outstanding Short Form Program | Won |
| Inkpot Award | 2017 | — | Inkpot Award | Won |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2022 | What If...? | Best Animated Series | Won |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2022 | WandaVision | Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2024 | Loki | Best Drama Series | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2019 | Black Panther | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| Gotham TV Awards | 2024 | X-Men '97 | Breakthrough Drama Series | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2024 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Hollywood Blockbuster Award | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2021 | WandaVision | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2022 | What If...? | Outstanding Animated Program | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2024 | X-Men '97 | Outstanding Animated Program | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2019 | — | David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2019 | Black Panther | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2022 | WandaVision | Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2019 | — | Stan Lee World Builder Award | Won |