American producer and studio executive (born 1973)
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Kevin Feige ( FY -ghee[ 1] Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise since 2007.[ 2] [ 3] $31 billion ,[ 4] highest grossing producer of all time , with Avengers: Endgame 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 chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment .
Feige was born in Boston, Massachusetts , and raised in Westfield, New Jersey , the son of Maralyn and Tim Feige.[ 1] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Westfield High School .[ 8] soap operas including The Guiding Light 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] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
His early work includes being assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on the films Volcano You've Got Mail [ 10] X-Men Marvel Universe .[ 5] Avi Arad , Feige was hired to work as a producer at Marvel Studios and as Arad's second-in-command that same year.[ 15] [ 10] 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.[ 16] Michael Helfant .[ 2] Iron Man [ 3]
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.[ 17] Black Panther Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a Producers Guild of America Award .[ 18] David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2019.[ 19] Star Wars Lucasfilm ,[ 20] [ 21] chief creative officer for Marvel Entertainment , Marvel Comics , Marvel Television , and Marvel Animation .[ 22]
In November 2025, Feige gave an endowment to his alma mater to establish the Kevin Feige Division of Film & Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. USC called the endowment "transformational" and said it would "provide a lasting source of funding for faculty, students and programmatic support" of the Feige Division.[ 12]
Feige married Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse,[ 23] [ 7] [ 24] [ 7] [ 25]
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Awards and nominations [ edit ] Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con [ 32] In July 2024, Feige received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .[ 25] [ 48]
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