{"id":143547,"date":"2022-10-26T09:26:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/ben-feigin-dead-schitts-creek-executive-producer-was-47\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:57:58","slug":"ben-feigin-is-dead-schitts-creek-executive-producer-was-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/ben-feigin-is-dead-schitts-creek-executive-producer-was-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Feigin is Dead: ‘Schitt\u2019s Creek’ Executive Producer Was 47"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\nBen Feigin is an award-winning producer \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201dThe founder and CEO at Equation Unlimited, LLC, he died Monday from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Feigin\u2019s death was confirmed by United Talent Agency, his own former employer and the current employer of his wife.<\/p>\n

\nFeigin was executive producer \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek,\u201d serving as a key force in the series\u2019 development and launch. He is credited as the architect of the series\u2019 non-traditional financing model and a key force in licensing the show territory by territory. Feigin also managed ancillary companies for the series such as the documentary. \u201cBest Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt\u2019s Creek Farewell,\u201dA pop-up immersive experience that is based on the show.<\/p>\n

\nThe final season of \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek,\u201dFeigin was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for a Comedy and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical or Comedy Television Series. Feigin was also awarded a GLAAD media award for the best comedy series in 2020-2021. <\/p>\n

\nFeigin was born in Silver Spring (Md.). He attended the University of California Santa Barbara, and then started working at Warner Bros. After leaving William Morris, Feigin met his wife and moved to UTA, The Collective, and Amblin Entertainment. Feigin worked for Warner Bros., where he was responsible for overseeing popular series like \u201cFriends,\u201d \u201cThe West Wing\u201dAnd \u201cER.\u201d <\/p>\n

\nFeigin, who was instrumental in helping to establish a partnership with AOL in his early career, played a crucial role in the first ever livestreamed event. He also worked on the reunion of the comedy duo Cheech & Chong, executive producing 2008\u2019s \u201cCheech & Chong: Roasted\u201dTheir concert film from 2010 \u201cCheech & Chong: Hey Watch This,\u201dAs well as brokering their first licensing and merchandise deal. <\/p>\n

\nFeigin joined Anonymous Content 2006 to create their comedy and enterprise divisions. She also continues her work as a producer. <\/p>\n

\nFeigin also participated in creative artistic commissions for Barack Obama as well as an exhibit for Grammy Museum about Chicano Art Movement. His alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles and UCSB taught him classes. Additionally, Feigin maintained a long lineup of nonprofit work, including contributions to StandUp2Cancer, Gilda\u2019s Club World-Wide, the Tony Hawk Foundation, the Creative Coalition and Laurene Powell Jobbs\u2019 Emerson Collective. <\/p>\n

\nThe services will take place Thursday at Mount Sinai Cemetery Hollywood Hills. Feigin may be remembered by making a donation to Stand up to Cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nHeidi Feigin, his wife and Ellie, his 11-year-old daughter, are still with him. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Feigin is an award-winning producer \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201dThe founder and CEO at Equation Unlimited, LLC, he died Monday from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Feigin\u2019s death was confirmed by United Talent Agency, his own former employer and the current employer of his wife. Feigin was executive producer \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek,\u201d serving as a key force in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":143548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ben-Feigin-Dead-Schitts-Creek-Executive-Producer-Was-47.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143549,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143547\/revisions\/143549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}