Ben Feigin is an American Emmy Award-Winning Producer, Founder and CEO of Equation Unlimited, LLC. Feigin is the Executive Producer behind the critically acclaimed series Schitt’s Creek, which made history at the 2020 Emmys with its clean sweep, garnering Ben an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Comedy Series.” Ben was nominated in 2019 as well. In 2021 Feigin won the prestigious Producers Guild Award for “Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy,” and was nominated in 2020 as well for the Golden Globe winner. Prior, Ben worked in representation for over two decades.

As the visionary Executive Producer behind Schitt’s Creek, Ben facilitated the series’ inception, crafting its unique business model, The Wall Street Journal, "Upended television conventions, even in the streaming era,” sourcing non-traditional financing, greenlighting production, with the series licensed territory by territory, on a non-exclusive basis to multiple licensees within territories internationally, then licensing world-wide digital, home-video, and setting in motion ancillaries, amongst others, its top-grossing international tour with LiveNation, which made the cover of Pollstar Magazine, the top-rated rated Netflix documentary Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell, it’s pop-up immersive experience which sold-out in under one minute around the globe, and turning an entire town in upstate-New York into a permanent Schitt's Creek, bringing thousands of fans to the town since it’s establishment, the best-selling coffee table book Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt’s Creek, as well as robust merchandising and product licensing crossing multiple sectors. In 2020, Schitt’s Creek sold into syndication via Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, to Fox Stations, clearing more than 95% of territories, and on Sinclair Station Groups, as well as CW Plus, CBS, and Comedy Central.

Rising to #1 on Nielsen's Ratings Report of All Streaming Series, Schitt’s Creek maintained it’s footing for the longest duration of any project in history to that point, with home-video placing on Amazon’s Top 10 List.

In 2022, a ground-breaking deal was made with Hulu for exclusive domestic rights to the series, which remains a global ratings juggernaut.

Awards, accolades, and honors for Feigin and his projects, include his 2020 Emmy win for "Outstanding Comedy Series," and 2019 nomination, a 2021 Golden Globe win for “Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy,” his 2021 PGA win for “Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy,” as well as his 2020 nomination, a 2020 Television Critics Association Award win for "Outstanding Achievement in Comedy," and 2019 nomination, four Critics' Choice Television Award nominations for "Best Comedy Series," a 2020 GLAAD Media Award win for "Outstanding Comedy Series," and 2019 nomination, multiple MTV Awards wins and nominations including for “Best Series,” a 2020 People's Choice Award nomination for "Best Comedy Series,” as well as in 2019, a 2020 Gold Derby win for “Best Comedy Series,” 2019 OFTA nomination for “Best Comedy Series,” multiple Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Award wins in categories including “Best TV Comedy,” "Best LGBTQ Show," “TV Comedy of the Year,” and "Unsung TV Show of the Year," a record-setting number of Canadian Screen Award wins and nominations, including his four wins in the “Best Comedy Series” category, as well as consecutive Paley Center Honors.

Feigin has programming around the globe in over 200 territories, via outlets including Netflix (US, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa, Ireland, World-Wide), Apple (US, Canada, World-Wide), Amazon, Hulu, CBS owned Pop, CBC, Starz, Showtime, Fox Network Stations, Comedy Central (US, India, Sri Lanka, World-Wide), Viacom 18 India, Fox Asia, 4Music (UK), TBS, Logo, CW, TCM, CW Seed, Viacom 18 (India), On Demand, TV2 & TVNZ, Australia’s ABC, & iView, Peru, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Windows Plus, Google Play, PlayStation, Facebook, Myspace, and in collaboration with distributors including ITV, Canal Plus Group (France), E4 (UK), Antena 3 (Spain), NOS (Portugal), Cosmote (Greece), VRT (Belgium), HOT (Israel), eOne, Lionsgate, CBS-Viacom, Debmar-Mercury, FOX Television Stations, Sinclair, Acorn, via The largest on-line and brick and mortar retailers, including, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, Redbox, and Starbucks. He has set up projects at HBO, Showtime, NBC, and ABC, and has films set up with multiple high-end distributors, major studios, and cache indie distributors of note, as well as having produced several of the most well-received, highly rated, timeless, relevant, and beloved specials and concert films.

Early in his career, Feigin made history, as a pioneer behind the first ever live-streamed event featuring an A+ line-up of both comedy and music, which he facilitated in partnership with AOL. The event was a breakthrough in how live content could be consumed on new platforms.

Drawing on his unique combination of synergistic expertise built over two-decades, Ben facilitated and created success, reuniting Cheech & Chong after 25 years, immediately cutting a lucrative deal with LiveNation for international touring, grossing nine-figures, put together and Executive Produced their theatrically released, first-ever concert film, Cheech & Chong: Hey Watch This, which went on to sell-out screenings at over a thousand theaters, becoming a cult classic, Executive Produced the top ratings grabber Cheech & Chong: Roasted, featuring Steve Carrell and Martha Stewart amongst others, and brokered the duo’s first-ever merchandising and licensing deal, considered amongst the richest in that space to date.

Feigin’s overall accomplishments were acknowledged at the Pollstar Awards held at Staples Center in special recognition of his success and methodology in creating unique models, amplifying success from both a creative and profit-maximization standpoint, over areas including touring, merchandising, iconography, ancillary revenue streams, home-video, digital, audio, books, legit productions, film and television.

Ben established himself in the entertainment sector when brought on by Steven Spielberg, Michael Crighton and John Wells’ interest, Amblin Entertainment. He later joined with the then Warner Bros. Television Head, in overseeing the top eight most highly rated series on-air, including “Friends”, “West Wing”, and “ER” amongst others.

Ben cut his teeth in representation as a William Morris Agent Trainee, starting in the agency’s storied mailroom, going on to help in overseeing the agency’s Film / TV Crossover Group. He later worked at UTA before becoming a Founding Member of The Collective.

In 2006, Feigin joined Anonymous Content, founding both their Comedy and Enterprise Divisions as their Head, representing A-list talent, filmmakers, writers, comedians, authors, and brands, in addition to his work as a producer. Over his decade plus tenure, the company garnered wins at The Academy Awards, Golden Globes, PGA, BAFTA, Palme de Hours Honors, VMA’s and Grammys amongst other awards and accolades.

Ben began his career at PaineWebber in the Asset Management Group with pedigree as a business economist, with specialization in accounting and mathematics.

Feigin’s eclectic endeavors have included facilitating creative artistic commissions for then sitting President of the United States, Barack Obama, as well as for other high-profile figures around the globe. Ben received particular acclaim for his work concepting a prestigious special exhibit for The Grammy Museum coupling his love of musical instruments and art, featuring guitars and ukuleles customized with artwork of various mediums from a selection of the most prominent living members of the Chicano Art Movement including John Valdez, Charlie “Chaz” Bojorquez, Carlos Don Juan, Adrian Fernandez, Joe Pena, Alex Rubio, Jaime “Germs” Zacarias, Ricardo Ruiz, and Jari “Werc” Alvarez. Pieces from the exhibit have gone on to be displayed at several art museums of international note as well. Other Feigin collaborations include a custom collection of instruments with Fender, his high-end series of guitar lines with Schecter, and his collaboration with streetwear giant HUF on an exclusive limited-edition Line of streetwear, which sold-out in minutes. Additionally, Ben was lauded for his collaboration on a series of children’s books, published in both English and Spanish with Scholastic Books, now utilized by numerous public-school systems in bi-lingual education.

Ben has lead classes at UCLA, NYU, and UC Santa Barbara. He has also worked closely with non-profits including StandUp2Cancer, Gilda’s Club World-Wide, an organization focused on providing free care to cancer patients, their families and friends, The Tony Hawk Foundation, a non-profit aimed at socially impactful efforts benefiting inner-city and disadvantaged youth, The Creative Coalition, and Laurene Powell Jobbs’ Emerson Collective. Additionally, Ben has served as a Judge for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Internship Program, as well as an Official Juror for the International Emmy Awards.

Feigin is a Member of The Producers Guild of America, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

History of Experience