Production

Directing

Louis D'Esposito

Gender

Male

Gender

Male

Louis D'Esposito is an Executive Producer and Co-President of Marvel Studios. D'Esposito was born in 1958 in the Bronx, New York, and began his film career in the early 1990s. He started his career as an associate producer and first assistant director on various Hollywood productions, including Another You (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Dudley Do-Right (1999), S.W.A.T. (2003), and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). In 2006, D'Esposito joined Marvel Studios, making his debut as unit production manager and executive producer on Iron Man (2008). He continued in these roles on Captain America: The First Avenger and various Marvel One-Shots. Over time, he became a central figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's growth, executive producing virtually every MCU film since Iron Man (with the sole exception of The Incredible Hulk) and guiding franchises including Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, and Avengers, collectively earning over $29 billion at the global box office. Beyond production, D'Esposito has directed Marvel One-Shots—Item 47 (2012) and Agent Carter (2013)—the latter laying the groundwork for the Agent Carter TV series. He advanced to co-president of Marvel Studios in 2009, sharing leadership with Kevin Feige. In that capacity, he oversees feature film and streaming series development and production, including titles like WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Daredevil: Born Again, and numerous other projects. He has received Primetime Emmy nominations for WandaVision in 2021 (Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series) and for What If…? in 2022 (Outstanding Animated Program). In 2024, he was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program again for X‑Men ’97 (Season 1 Episode 5, “Remember It”). Additionally, he earned nominations from the Television Academy for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and Echo in technical categories, including costumes, sound mixing, and visual effects. Beyond industry awards, he was honoured in January 2024 with the inaugural “Renaissance Award” from the Russo Brothers’ Italian American Filmmaker Forum in recognition of his contributions to Italian‑American heritage and the entertainment world.

Projects

Directing (1)

Serie

Marvel's Agent Carter Season 1

06-01-2015 Director

Production (71)

Movie

Untitled X-Men Film

TBA Executive Producer

Serie

Untitled Vision Series

TBA Executive Producer

Movie

Avengers: Secret Wars

17-12-2027 Executive Producer

Movie

Avengers: Doomsday

17-12-2026 Executive Producer

Movie

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

29-07-2026 Executive Producer

Serie

Wonder Man

December 2025 Executive Producer

Movie

Blade

Delayed indefenitely Executive Producer

Serie

Marvel Zombies

23-09-2025 Executive Producer

Serie

Eyes of Wakanda

01-08-2025 Executive Producer

Movie

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

23-07-2025 Executive Producer

Serie

Ironheart

24-06-2025 Executive Producer

Movie

Thunderbolts*

30-04-2025 Executive Producer

Serie

Daredevil: Born Again

04-03-2025 Executive Producer

Movie

Captain America: Brave New World

12-02-2025 Executive Producer

Serie

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

29-01-2025 Executive Producer

Serie

What If...? Season 3

22-12-2024 Executive Producer

Serie

Agatha All Along

18-09-2024 Executive Producer

Movie

Deadpool & Wolverine

24-07-2024 Executive Producer

Serie

X-Men '97

20-03-2024 Executive Producer

Serie

Echo

09-01-2024 Executive Producer

Serie

What If...? Season 2

22-12-2023 Executive Producer

Movie

The Marvels

08-11-2023 Executive Producer

Serie

Loki Season 2

05-10-2023 Executive Producer

Serie

I Am Groot Season 2

06-09-2023 Executive Producer

Serie

Secret Invasion

21-06-2023 Executive Producer

Movie

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

03-05-2023 Executive Producer

Movie

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

15-02-2023 Executive Producer

Special

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

24-11-2022 Executive Producer

Movie

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

09-11-2022 Executive Producer

Special

Werewolf by Night

25-09-2022 Executive Producer

Special

Werewolf by Night

25-09-2022 Executive Producer

Serie

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

18-08-2022 Executive Producer

Serie

I Am Groot Season 1

10-08-2022 Executive Producer

Movie

Thor: Love and Thunder

06-07-2022 Executive Producer

Serie

Ms. Marvel

08-06-2022 Executive Producer

Movie

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

04-05-2022 Executive Producer

Serie

Moon Knight

30-03-2022 Executive Producer

Movie

Spider-Man: No Way Home

15-12-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

Hawkeye

24-11-2021 Executive Producer

Movie

Eternals

03-11-2021 Executive Producer

Movie

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

01-09-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

What If...? Season 1

11-08-2021 Executive Producer

Movie

Black Widow

07-07-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

Loki Season 1

09-06-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

19-03-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

Marvel Studios Assembled

12-03-2021 Executive Producer

Serie

WandaVision

15-01-2021 Executive Producer

Movie

Spider-Man: Far From Home

28-06-2019 Executive Producer

Movie

Avengers: Endgame

24-04-2019 Executive Producer

Movie

Captain Marvel

06-03-2019 Executive Producer

Movie

Ant-Man and the Wasp

04-07-2018 Executive Producer

Movie

Avengers: Infinity War

25-04-2018 Executive Producer

Movie

Black Panther

13-02-2018 Executive Producer

Movie

Thor: Ragnarok

02-10-2017 Executive Producer

Movie

Spider-Man: Homecoming

05-07-2017 Executive Producer

Movie

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

19-04-2017 Executive Producer

Movie

Doctor Strange

25-10-2016 Executive Producer

Movie

Captain America: Civil War

27-04-2016 Executive Producer

Serie

Marvel's Agent Carter Season 2

19-01-2016 Executive Producer

Movie

Ant-Man

14-07-2015 Executive Producer

Movie

Avengers: Age of Ultron

22-04-2015 Executive Producer

Serie

Marvel's Agent Carter Season 1

06-01-2015 Executive Producer

Movie

Guardians of the Galaxy

30-07-2014 Executive Producer

Movie

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

20-03-2014 Executive Producer

Movie

Thor: The Dark World

30-10-2013 Executive Producer

Movie

Iron Man 3

18-04-2013 Executive Producer

Movie

The Avengers

25-04-2012 Executive Producer

Movie

Captain America: The First Avenger

22-07-2011 Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Movie

Thor

21-04-2011 Executive Producer

Movie

Iron Man 2

28-04-2010 Executive Producer

Movie

Iron Man

30-04-2008 Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager