Kevin Feige ( ; 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 , making him the highest grossing producer of all time, with Avengers: Endgame (2019) becoming the highest-grossing film.
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, studying in their Division of Film & Television Production. 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 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.
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.
Personal life Feige married Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse, around 2007. They have two children: a daughter born in 2009, and a son 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 Thunderbolts* The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-production
+ 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 19 episodes; renewed for a third and fourth season 2024 Agatha All Along 9 episodes 2025–present Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season Daredevil: Born Again 17 episodes; renewed for a third season 2025 Ironheart 6 episodes Eyes of Wakanda 4 episodes 2025–present Marvel Zombies 4 episodes; renewed for a second season 2026 Wonder Man 8 episodes The Punisher: One Last Kill Television special 8 episodes; Post-production
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
+ Award Year Nominated work Category Result Academy Awards 2019 Black Panther Best Picture Britannia Awards 2018 Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2023 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Outstanding Fiction Special I Am Groot Outstanding Short Form Program 2025 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Inkpot Award 2017 Inkpot Award Critics' Choice Television Awards 2022 What If...? Best Animated Series WandaVision Best Movie/Miniseries 2024 Loki Best Drama Series Golden Globe Awards 2019 Black Panther Best Motion Picture – Drama Gotham TV Awards 2024 X-Men '97 Breakthrough Drama Series Grammy Awards 2024 Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Hollywood Film Awards 2019 Avengers: Endgame Hollywood Blockbuster Award Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 WandaVision Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series 2022 What If...? Outstanding Animated Program 2024 X-Men '97 Producers Guild of America Awards 2019 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures Black Panther Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures 2022 WandaVision Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television 2023 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Saturn Awards 2019 Stan Lee World Builder Award
In July 2024, Feige received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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