Paul Feig is a DGA-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, producer, and author whose films have grossed over one billion dollars at the worldwide box office.
Up next, Feig directed Another Simple Favor, the sequel to his 2018 thriller, which Prime Video will release on May 1, 2025. He is currently in production on The Housemaid, based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name, starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Michele Morrone. The film will be released by Lionsgate on December 25, 2025.
Feig has helmed some of the most successful and beloved comedies of the past two decades. Bridesmaids, the massive box-office hit starring Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, and Jon Hamm, grossed over $283 million worldwide and earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay, as well as Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy. He followed that success with The Heat, a buddy cop comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy that grossed over $220 million globally, and Spy, an action-comedy which earned two Golden Globe nominations. His other films include The School for Good and Evil, Jackpot!, Last Christmas, A Simple Favor, and Ghostbusters, the reboot starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones, which won Favorite Movie at the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.