Ben Feigin, an Emmy-winning govt producer of the hit comedy sequence “Schitt’s Creek,” died Monday at his Los Angeles house from pancreatic most cancers. He was 47.
Feigin’s former employer, United Expertise Company, confirmed his dying Wednesday to the Los Angeles Instances. Along with govt producing “Schitt’s Creek” alongside Dan and Eugene Levy, Feigin labored on different common reveals similar to “Associates,” “The West Wing” and “ER.”
In 2020, Feigin gained an Emmy for co-executive producing “Schitt’s Creek,” which collected the comedy awards that 12 months for lead actor, lead actress, supporting actor, supporting actress and sequence in a historic sweep. Feigin additionally gained a Producers Guild Award for his work on the feel-good present, which ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2020.
Feigin was born in Silver Spring, Md., and graduated from UC Santa Barbara earlier than launching his Hollywood profession at Warner Bros. One among his first trade jobs was as an agent trainee on the William Morris expertise company the place he met his spouse, Heidi Feigin, within the mailroom. Feigin additionally labored at UTA earlier than transitioning to the manufacturing facet of the leisure enterprise.
After lending his skills to Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Leisure, Feigin joined the TV division at Warner Bros., the place he helped oversee the manufacturing of main TV titles similar to “The West Wing” and “Associates.” In 2006, he joined Nameless Content material, the place he represented actors, filmmakers, writers and authors along with founding the corporate’s comedy and enterprise divisions.
Exterior of his work as a Hollywood govt and producer, Feigin pursued different creative tasks similar to facilitating artwork commissions for former President Barack Obama and different distinguished figures; curating an exhibit for the Grammy Museum that showcased varied musical devices and leaders of the Chicano Artwork Motion; growing a streetwear clothes line; and collaborating on a sequence of kids’s books revealed in each English and Spanish.
The Producers Guild and Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences member additionally taught lessons at UCLA, NYU and UC Santa Barbara along with working with charity organizations similar to Stand As much as Most cancers and Gilda’s Membership Worldwide, which supplies free care and assets to most cancers sufferers and their family members.
Feigin is survived by his spouse, Heidi, and 11-year-old daughter, Ellie. A memorial service for Feigin will happen Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Mount Sinai Cemetery within the Hollywood Hills. His household is requesting donations in his reminiscence to Stand As much as Most cancers.
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