Ben Feigin: 5 Things To Know About ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Producer Dead At 47

Ben Feigin died connected Monday, October 24. The shaper was 47 years aged and was battling pancreatic cancer. His decease was confirmed by United Talent Agency, wherever his woman works and helium was a erstwhile employee, according to Variety. Ben was an indispensable portion of the much-beloved drama series Schitt’s Creek and was indispensable successful galore antithetic modern drama classics. Find retired much astir Ben here.

Ben passed distant astatine 47, aft a conflict with pancreatic cancer. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

1. Ben was a shaper for ‘Schitt’s Creek’s full run.

While Dan and Eugene Levy were the creators of Schitt’s Creek, Ben was indispensable passim the show’s six seasons. He was an enforcement shaper for each 80 episodes. Some of the producer’s biggest contributions included processing the financing and licensing for the amusement and being the caput of projects similar the series’ farewell documentary.

2. He besides produced a clump of drama specials.

Ben worked connected a wide array of TV shows passim his career, moving for William Morris and UTA, immoderate of his different credits see being a shaper for TV specials by comics similar the late Ralphie May, Lavell Crawford, Carlos Oscar, and Cheech and Chong. He besides produced documentaries focusing connected rap music, including From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop and the short Words by Rakim, per IMDb. 

3. He won an Emmy for ‘Schitt’s Creek.’

For his enactment connected Schitt’s Creek, Ben was nominated for Emmy Awards successful 2019 and 2020. He won alongside the Levys and his chap producers successful 2020 for Outstanding Comedy Series, for the show’s past season. He besides won 4 Canadian Screen Awards and a Producers Guild Award for the show.

4. Ben participated successful a fig of antithetic projects passim his career.

Aside from his accumulation work, Ben besides founded the institution Equation Unlimited. His bio connected the website lists immoderate of his different “eclectic endeavors” including “facilitating originative creator commission” for then-President Barack Obama. He besides helped to bring an grounds connected instruments to the Grammy Museum and worked down the scenes connected a large grounds connected the Chicano Art Movement, which has led to pieces being displayed each implicit the world.

Additionally, helium was besides a teacher astatine UCLA, NYU, and UC Santa Barbara, and helium worked intimately with a fig of charitable organizations, including Stand Up To Cancer, which his household has asked that donations beryllium sent to successful his honor.

5. He was joined and had a daughter.

Ben’s obituary noted that helium was survived by his wife Heidi Feigin, and unneurotic they had an 11-year-old daughter Ellie.