16 Facts About Erik Feig

Erik Feig worked for Summit Entertainment during the 2000s, before becoming president of production for Lionsgate.

In May 2019, Erik Feig launched Picturestart, an independent production company.

Erik Feig was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Westport, Connecticut.

Erik Feig attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, for one year.

At Columbia, Feig lived in East Campus and studied under James S Shapiro, Annette Insdorf, and David Denby.

Erik Feig began his career as an independent producer, working with Sony Pictures producing films including I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Slackers, all for Sony Pictures.

Erik Feig had a producing deal with Artisan Entertainment, before being recruited to run the film department at Summit Entertainment.

In 1998 Summit Entertainment, a sales agent at the time, launched its own production department with Splendor and Kill the Man, and by 2001, Erik Feig joined Summit as president of production and acquisitions.

Erik Feig brought the Twilight book series to Summit after Paramount Pictures passed on it.

Erik Feig pursued the project and was able to make a deal with author Stephenie Meyer.

Erik Feig secured the rights to all four books in February 2006.

Summit was sold to Lionsgate for $412.5 million in 2012, and Erik Feig was named president of production for Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.

Erik Feig first learned of La La Land at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, when he met with Damien Chazelle, who pitched him his script for a Hollywood musical.

Erik Feig secured a $30 million budget for Lionsgate to produce the film, gambling on the unusual undertaking of an original Hollywood musical.

In February 2018, it was reported that Erik Feig would be leaving Lionsgate, and that he has raised money to launch a new company focused on youth-oriented projects.

In May 2019, Erik Feig announced the launch of Picturestart, a "new media" company.