Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has made a \u201ctransformational gift\u201d to establish the Kevin Feige Division of Film & Television Production at USC\u2019s School of Cinematic Arts, it was announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The endowment will be a source of funding for faculty and students with additional programmatic support, and launches fundraising efforts to mark the school\u2019s 100th anniversary on Feb. 6, according to the school.<\/p>\n
The amount of the endowment was not disclosed.<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin Feige is above all a remarkable storyteller who brings innovative and impactful cinema to our screens epitomizing the kind of film producer the School of Cinematic Arts strives to graduate,\u201d Elizabeth Daley, dean of the School of Cinematic Arts, said in a statement. \u201cHe has also been a steadfast supporter of the school and its students. In every way he is an inspiration, and we are delighted as the school nears its centennial that the Division of Film & Television Production will carry his name into its next century.\u201d<\/p>\n
Feige, also Marvel\u2019s chief creative officer, is a graduate of the film and TV production division of the school, and serves as a member of the School of Cinematic Arts\u2019 Board of Councilors. As president of Marvel Studios, Feige has produced 37 films that have opened No. 1 at the box office, collectively grossing over $32 billion globally \u2014 11 of which have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n
He was nominated for an Oscar as the producer of 2018\u2019s \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d and he received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild in 2019.<\/p>\n
The Kevin Feige Division of Film & Television Production will offer students the opportunity to receive training in filmmaking across various mediums, including traditional filmmaking principles and rising industry practices such as virtual production, AI and other tools.<\/p>\n
\u201cUSC\u2019s School of Cinematic Arts is the original film school, a historic institution founded by cinema pioneers,\u201d Feige said. \u201cIt\u2019s where everything began for me as a producer, following in the footsteps of my heroes and walking the same halls as the storied alumni who came before me. That nearly 100-year legacy, and the community that defines USC, are why I\u2019ve stayed so connected to the school and why I\u2019m so passionate about supporting the next generation of filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previously, Feige established the Kevin Feige Endowed Fund for Creative Producing at USC in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has made a \u201ctransformational gift\u201d to establish the Kevin Feige Division of Film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26579,5282,26580,26581,24714,26582,48,52,51,47,50,49,26583,4265],"class_list":["post-38617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-transformational","tag-arts","tag-cinematic","tag-feige","tag-gift","tag-kevin","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-makes","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}