Kevin Feige facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kevin Feige
Feige at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1973-06-02) June 2, 1973 (age 52) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Southern California (BFA)
Occupation	Producer studio executive
Years active	1997–present
Employer	The Walt Disney Company
Notable work	Marvel Cinematic Universe
Title	President, Marvel Studios Chief Creative Officer, Marvel
Spouse(s)	Caitlin Feige (m. c. 2007)
Children	2

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 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. 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
	The Incredible Hulk
2010	Iron Man 2
2011	Thor
	Captain America: The First Avenger
2012	The Avengers
2013	Iron Man 3
	Thor: The Dark World
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier
	Guardians of the Galaxy
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron
	Ant-Man
2016	Captain America: Civil War
	Doctor Strange
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
	Spider-Man: Homecoming
	Thor: Ragnarok
2018	Black Panther
	Avengers: Infinity War
	Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019	Captain Marvel
	Avengers: Endgame
	Spider-Man: Far From Home
2021	Black Widow
	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
	Eternals
	Spider-Man: No Way Home
2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
	Thor: Love and Thunder
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
	The Marvels
2024	Deadpool & Wolverine
2025	Captain America: Brave New World	Post-production
	Thunderbolts*
	The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

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")
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
2024	Agatha All Along	9 episodes
2025	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man	10 episodes; In production; renewed for a second season
	Daredevil: Born Again	9 episodes; Post-production; renewed for a second season
	Ironheart	6 episodes; Post-production
	Eyes of Wakanda	4 episodes; In production
	Marvel Zombies
	Wonder Man	8–10 episodes; Post-production

Key

Denotes television series that have not yet been released

Shorts

Awards and nominations

Feige receiving the Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

See also

In Spanish: Kevin Feige para niños