Name Kevin Feige Role Film producer | Spouse Caitlin Feige | |
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Born June 2, 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-06-02 ) Boston, Massachusetts Movies Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Avengers, Ant‑Man, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Similar People Joss Whedon, Peyton Reed, Stan Lee, Joe Russo, Edgar Wright Profiles | ||
Marvel s ant man producer kevin feige behind the scenes movie interview
Kevin Feige, p.g.a. ( ; born June 2, 1973) is an American film producer and president of Marvel Studios. The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of $10 billion.
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- Marvel s ant man producer kevin feige behind the scenes movie interview
- Kevin feige on the avengers marvel s movie future mtv news
- Early life and career
- Film producer
- Personal life
- References
Kevin feige on the avengers marvel s movie future mtv news
Early life and career
Feige spent his teen years in New Jersey. His grandfather had been a television producer in the 1950s, having worked on soap operas including The Guiding Light and As the World Turns.
After high school, Feige applied to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, the alma mater of his favorite directors: George Lucas, Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis. His first five applications were rejected, but he persevered and was accepted on the sixth.
His early work includes being assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on Volcano and You've Got Mail.
In the year 2000, he was hired by Marvel as a producer.
Film producer
On the first X-Men film, Donner made Feige an associate producer, due to his knowledge of the Marvel Universe. Impressing Avi Arad, he was hired to work as his second-in-command at Marvel Studios that same year. Feige was named president of production for Marvel Studios in March 2007.
Feige received the Motion Picture Showman of the Year award at the ICG Publicists Guild Awards on February 22, 2013. The Awards committee chairman, Henri Bollinger, said "Kevin Feige's understanding and appreciation of publicity and promotion in the role of a movie's success has led to a string of blockbuster feature films adapted from the pages of Marvel comic books during the past 10 years." As of April 2015, his contract with Marvel Studios will end in 2018.
Personal life
As of 2014, Feige is married to wife Caitlin.