Kevin Feige - Biography

Who is Kevin Feige?

Kevin Feige is a producer by profession and American by nationality. He is well known as the president of Marvel Studios, and the primary creator and producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kevin Feige (Image: MCUExchange)

Kevin Feige – Age, Parents, Siblings

Kevin Feige was born on June 2, 1973, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Kevin Michael Feige. His parents raised him alongside his sibling, a brother named Kevin Feige.

Not much is known about his family, mother, father, and siblings except his maternal grandfather, Robert E. Short, who was a television producer in the 1950s. Short is known to have worked on soap operas The Guiding Light and As the World Turns. His parents’ occupation is also not known.

Education, Ethnicity

Kevin Feige was educated at Westfield High School. He went on to study at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He had applied to enroll at USC five times before being accepted there the sixth time.

His ethnicity includes German and English.

Kevin Feige – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Kevin Feige is a happily married man. He wed his girlfriend Caitlin, a cardiothoracic nurse in 2014. He has two children with his wife- a daughter (born in 2009) and a son (born in 2012). There are no rumors of divorce surrounding the pair.

Kevin Feige – Career

Early Days

Feige was a comic book fan from a very young age. While at school he discussed Marvel characters with his friends. His early work was as a personal assistant to executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner on Volcano and You've Got Mail. He was hired by Marvel to work as a producer in 2000.

Kevin Feige in Oct 2014 (Image: Getty Images)

With Marvel

As he worked in the 2000’s X-Men film, due to his knowledge of the Marvel Universe, he was made an associate producer. The same year he was hired as second-in-command at Marvel Studios by Avi Arad. In March 2007 Kevin Feige was promoted to president of production for Marvel Studios.

In October 2019 he was named Chief Creative Officer for Marvel Comics, Marvel Television, and Marvel Animation. 

Films, Series

Since 2000, Feige has contributed vastly to building the Marvel Universe and its films as well as series. He is a producer and/or executive producer of X-Men (2006), Spider-Man (2004, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2021), Fantastic Four (2005, 2007), Iron Man (2008, 2010, 2013), Hulk (2008, 2009), Thor (2011, 2017), Captain America (2011, 2014, 2015), The Avengers (2012, 2015, 2018, 2019), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, 2017), Ant-Man (2015, 2018), Doctor Strange (2016, 2022), Black Panther (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Black Widow (2021), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Eternals (2021).

Co-stars

On the set of Marvel films and series, Kevin Feige has worked with Brie Larson, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Jacob Batalon, and Michelle Lee.

Kevin Feige, Brie Larson (Image: Wallpaper Cave)

Kevin Feige – Awards, Nominations

Kevin Feige has been nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture (2019) and won the 2012 ICG Publicists Guild Award. He is also a member of the Producers Guild of America. 

Kevin Feige – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Kevin Feige is estimated at around $200 million. His annual salary is also estimated to be at seven figures.

Kevin Feige – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Feige is active on Twitter with thousands of followers but is absent from Facebook and Instagram.