Illinois native reflects on making movies
Alumnus Stephen Feder with BB-8 in the Lucasfilm Offices at the Walt Disney Studios. U of I College of Media
Stephen Feder was born and raised in Illinois, and he attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In May 2022, he was back on campus, addressing new graduates from the U of I’s College of Media — the same program where he earned a bachelor’s degree 20 years ago. Feder is a producer with T-Street Productions, director Rian Johnson’s film studio, best known for the movie “Knives Out,” from 2019.
Feder was a vice president of film development at Lucasfilm — the studio behind the “Star Wars” franchise. And he’s currently a producer with T-Street Productions, the film studio started by Rian Johnson, and is best known for the 2019 film “Knives Out.”
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Stephen Feder
Movie producer | May 2022 commencement speaker, University of Illinois College of Media
#ILLINOIS alumnus Stephen Feder will be returning to campus, this time as the alumni speaker for the College of Media Convocation.
— University of Illinois (@UofIllinois) April 12, 2022
“Illinois gave me such incredible opportunities, not just inside the classroom, but outside the classroom." https://t.co/wVRMGQ6FlG pic.twitter.com/hStm0MpAJA