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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Simon Kinberg
| image = Simon Kinberg Press Conference Logan Berlinale 2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kinberg in 2017
| birth_name = Simon David Kinberg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|2}}
| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], London, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Screenwriter, director, producer
| nationality = American
| yearsactive = 2000–present
| education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Columbia University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| spouse = {{marriage|Mali Heled|July 26, 2001|2017|reason=div}}
| partner = [[Cleo Wade]] (engaged)
| children = 4
}}
'''Simon David Kinberg'''<ref name="marref">{{Cite news |date=July 29, 2001 |title=Weddings; Mali Heled, Simon Kinberg |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/style/weddings-mali-heled-simon-kinberg.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527175926/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/style/weddings-mali-heled-simon-kinberg.html |archive-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> (born August 2, 1973)<ref name="filmjournal">{{Cite news |last=Lovece |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Lovece |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Everyone into the Deadpool: Producer Simon Kinberg helps revive Marvel's raunchy superhero |work=[[Film Journal International]] |url=http://www.filmjournal.com/features/deadpool-marvel-simon-kinberg-producer-interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128182927/http://www.filmjournal.com/features/deadpool-marvel-simon-kinberg-producer-interview |archive-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> is a British-born American filmmaker. He wrote or produced a number of films in the [[20th Century Fox]] [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film franchise]], and has also written such films as ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'' and ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''. He has served as a producer on others including ''[[Cinderella (2015 Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' and ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', the latter which was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. His production company [[Genre Films]] had a first-look deal with [[20th Century Fox]]. Kinberg made his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]] in the 2019 X-Men film ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]'' from a script he also wrote.

==Early life==
Kinberg was born in [[Hammersmith]], London, England to American parents Monica Menell-Kinberg and [[Jud Kinberg]], a New York City-born writer and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Z8ijbjktMJrGVn0mnpfnRw&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=14 January 2022|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> From age six, he was raised in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="thr-martianproducer">{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=October 8, 2015 |title='Martian' Producer Simon Kinberg on 'Fantastic Four' Woes, Jennifer Lawrence's Uncertain 'X-Men' Future and 'Star Wars' Secrets |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martian-producer-simon-kinberg-fantastic-829766 |url-status=live |access-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206163726/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martian-producer-simon-kinberg-fantastic-829766 |archive-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> He is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2005 |title=IGN Interviews Simon Kinberg |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/655/655059p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005114743/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/09/30/ign-interviews-simon-kinberg |archive-date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2013 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bloom |first=Nate |author-link=Nate Bloom |date=February 25, 2016 |title=The tribe at the Oscars, 2016 |url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-tribe-at-the-oscars-2016/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Jewish Standard]] |location=New Jersey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622230937/https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-tribe-at-the-oscars-2016/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> Kinberg graduated from [[Brentwood School (Los Angeles)|Brentwood High School]],<ref name="filmjournal" /> and then from [[Brown University]], [[Phi Beta Kappa]], [[magna cum laude]]; in 2003 he received his MFA from [[Columbia University]] School of the Arts, where he won the Zaki Gordon Fellowship for Screenwriting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon Kinberg |url=http://arts.columbia.edu/film/simon-kinberg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224205629/http://arts.columbia.edu/film/simon-kinberg |archive-date=December 24, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2010 |publisher=[[Columbia University]] School of the Arts: Film}}</ref>

==Film and television work==
While still in film school, Kinberg sold a pitch to Warner Brothers, then went on to write scripts for Disney, Sony, and DreamWorks, working with [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], among others. After finishing school, Kinberg moved to Hollywood, where his first screenwriting credit was a sequel to the hit action film ''[[XXX (2002 film)|XXX]]'' (2002), ''[[XXX: State of the Union]]'' (2005). His next screenwriting venture was the screenplay for ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]'', directed by [[Doug Liman]] and starring [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]. The script began as Kinberg's thesis project for film school. Kinberg also wrote the pilot episode for a television adaptation of ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' for ABC TV. He also appears in the movie, in a scene with [[Brad Pitt]].{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Kinberg's next screenwriting job was the third movie in the [[20th Century Fox]] ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'' film series: ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' (2006), which he co-wrote with [[Zak Penn]]. Comic-book writer [[Chris Claremont]], who wrote the Dark Phoenix storyline that served as the primary source material for the film, also wrote the novelization of the film and made Kinberg a character in the book.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

Kinberg reunited with director Doug Liman for the film ''[[Jumper (2008 film)|Jumper]]'' (2008). Kinberg wrote and produced the movie, which stars [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Hayden Christensen]], and [[Diane Lane]]. The following year, Kinberg was writer of ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', directed by [[Guy Ritchie]], starring [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] and [[Jude Law]]. In April 2010, his production company, Genre Films, signed a first-look deal with [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Simon Kinberg Signs First Look Fox Deal |url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/04/kinberg-signs-first-look-fox-deal/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403215446/http://deadline.com/2010/04/kinberg-signs-first-look-fox-deal-31960/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>

Kinberg was the producer of ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'' (2011), and both writer and producer of ''[[This Means War (film)|This Means War]]'' (2012). He was also co-screenwriter and an executive producer of the film ''[[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]'' in that same year. In 2013, Kinberg produced ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]''.

The following year, Kinberg was the writer and the producer of the film ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''. That same year, he produced ''[[Let's Be Cops]]''. In 2015, Kinberg produced the Neill Blomkamp film ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'' and the live-action version of ''[[Cinderella (2015 American film)|Cinderella]]'' at Disney. He also worked on ''[[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|Fantastic Four]]'' as writer and producer. His final film of the year was ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', directed by [[Ridley Scott]].

He wrote and produced ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]'', the next film in the ''X-Men'' franchise following ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''. Kinberg produced 2016's ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'', 2017's ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'', 2018's ''[[Deadpool 2]]'', 2019's ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]'' (the latter of which also served as his directorial debut) and ''[[The New Mutants (film)|The New Mutants]]'', all of which are ''X-Men'' spin-off films. He also produced ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]'', an adaptation of the [[Agatha Christie]] novel [[Murder on the Orient Express|of the same name]].

''The Hollywood Reporter'' initially reported that [[Lawrence Kasdan]], writer of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', and Kinberg would write and produce Episodes VIII and IX of the new ''[[Star Wars]]'' films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 20, 2012 |title=Sources: Lawrence Kasdan, Simon Kinberg Lock Deals to Write and Produce 'Star Wars' Installments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-simon-393459 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103040939/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-simon-393459 |archive-date=January 3, 2016 |access-date=November 21, 2012 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> A week later the publication stated that Kasdan and Kinberg would be working on future ''Star Wars'' projects, but not necessarily on Episodes VIII and IX.<ref name="THR_Writers_Kasdan_Kinberg">{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 28, 2012 |title=Star Wars: How Writers Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg Will Expand the Galaxy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/post-george-lucas-star-wars-394910 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105141721/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/post-george-lucas-star-wars-394910 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2012 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>

In television, he is an executive producer on ABC network's ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'' starring [[Kiefer Sutherland]], ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]'' created by [[Noah Hawley]] for FX, and ''[[The Gifted (U.S. TV series)|The Gifted]]'' on Fox. He executive produced the [[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|third revival]] of the science fiction anthology series, ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' which premiered in 2019.

In July 2019, it was announced that Kinberg and his production company Genre Films is leaving Fox after 20 years.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Underway On '355' At Uni With 'The War of the Worlds' Series For Apple, Simon Kinberg Ends Long Fox Run |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/simon-kinberg-exits-fox-355-war-of-the-worlds-series-apple-genre-films-neuromancer-legion-the-twilight-zone-1202643741/ |url-status=live |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201185300/https://deadline.com/2019/07/simon-kinberg-exits-fox-355-war-of-the-worlds-series-apple-genre-films-neuromancer-legion-the-twilight-zone-1202643741/ |archive-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kinberg married Mali Heled in a Jewish ceremony on July 26, 2001.<ref name=marref/> They have two sons.<ref name=thr-martianproducer /> The couple separated in 2014 and were divorced in early 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mali Heled Kinberg vs Simon David Kinberg |url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-mali-heled-kinberg-vs-simon-david-kinberg-151373 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200717232600/https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-mali-heled-kinberg-vs-simon-david-kinberg-151373 |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2020 |publisher=Unicourt |quote=06/13/2014 Declaration - UCCJEA (- On Behalf of: Petitioner: Kinberg, Mali); Filed by Petitioner. ... 02/22/2017 Abstract - of Judgment (- Issued on 2017-03-09)}}</ref> By November 4, 2019, Kinberg became engaged to writer [[Cleo Wade]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Cleo |date=November 4, 2019 |title=On tour a lot of you asked if Simon and I got engaged bc of the ring I was wearing. We did. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B4bmOCPpk2B/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321222817/https://www.instagram.com/p/B4bmOCPpk2B/ |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |publisher=Cleo Wade verified [[Instagram]] account}}</ref> They have a daughter, born in 2020 and a second daughter in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Cleo |date=January 24, 2020 |title=On Monday, @simondavidkinberg and I welcomed our daughter, Memphis Love Kinberg into the world. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7uq8TUpYJg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321222818/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/ |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |publisher=Cleo Wade verified Instagram account}} [https://bibliogram.pussthecat.org/p/B7uq8TUpYJg Non-loginwalled link at bibliogram.pussthecat.org]</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Writer
! width="65"| Producer
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
| ''[[XXX: State of the Union]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Lee Tamahori]]
|
|-
| ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)|Mr. & Mrs. Smith]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Doug Liman]]
| Role: Investment Banker #1
|-
| 2006
| ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Brett Ratner]]
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Jumper (2008 film)|Jumper]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Doug Liman
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Guy Ritchie]]
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[X-Men: First Class]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Matthew Vaughn]]
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[This Means War (film)|This Means War]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[McG]]
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Neill Blomkamp]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2014
| ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Bryan Singer]]
|
|-
| ''[[Let's Be Cops]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Luke Greenfield]]
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 2015
| ''[[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|Fantastic Four]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Josh Trank]]
|
|-
| ''[[Cinderella (2015 American film)|Cinderella]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Kenneth Branagh]]
|
|-
| ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Neill Blomkamp
|
|-
| ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Ridley Scott]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 2016
| ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Tim Miller (director)|Tim Miller]]
|
|-
| ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Bryan Singer
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
| ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[James Mangold]]
|
|-
| ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Kenneth Branagh
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Deadpool 2]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[David Leitch]]
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Himself
| [[List of directorial debuts|Directorial debut]]
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The New Mutants (film)|The New Mutants]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Josh Boone (director)|Josh Boone]]
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The 355]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Himself
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[A Haunting in Venice]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| Kenneth Branagh
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Lift (2024 film)|Lift]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| [[F. Gary Gray]]
| Post-production
|-
| TBA
| ''[[The Killer's Game]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[J. J. Perry]]
| Filming
|}

'''Executive producer'''
* ''[[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Death on the Nile (2022 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (2022)

'''Other credits'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
| Creative consultant<br />'Thanks' credit<ref name="StarWarsComJan2013">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2013 |title=Star Wars Is Being Kick-Started with Dynamite |url=http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite-jj-abrams-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105234339/http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2014 |publisher=StarWars.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Rogue One|Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''
| 'Thanks' credit
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Executive<br>producer
! width=65 | Creator
! Notes
|-
| 2014–2018
| ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2016–2019
| ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2017–2019
| ''[[The Gifted (U.S. TV series)|The Gifted]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|rowspan=2| Part of the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film franchise]]
|-
| ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]''
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|Developer}}
| Directed "Blurryman" and wrote "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet"
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Invasion (2021 TV series)|Invasion]]''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|}

==Awards==
{{no footnotes|section|date=July 2020}}
He received a lifetime achievement award from the [[Saturn Awards]] in 2016.

He was named #61 on the list of 100 most powerful people in Hollywood by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' in 2016. The same year, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' named Kinberg as the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood with a record {{USD|16 million}} for two [[X-Men]] scripts, and named him as one of the highest-paid producers in Hollywood with {{USD|40 million}} for ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'' in their annual Hollywood Salaries issue.

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Award
! Category
! Result
|-
|rowspan=5| 2015
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
|rowspan=5| ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]]
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3| 2016
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy|Best Comedy]]
|rowspan=3| ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Producers Guild of America Award]]
| [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Golden Raspberry Award]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel]]
| ''[[Dark Phoenix (film)|Dark Phoenix]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

==References==
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