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In 2016, Paul was paid $10 million to direct the highly-anticipated Ghostbusters re-make. He also earned a percentage of the profits.

Paul Feig is an American actor, director, and writer who has a net worth of $30 million. Paul Feig was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and after a year at Wayne State University, decided to relocate to California to study at the University of Southern California, and to pursue a career in performance. While working as a tour guide at Universal Studios Hollywood, he began to develop his stand-up comedy act. He went on to appear in such film and television projects as "The Facts of Life", "Zombie High", "thirtysomething", "Ski Patrol", "Good Sports", "That Thing You Do!", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "TheDrew CareyShow", "I Am David", "Arrested Development", "Knocked Up", and "Bad Teacher".

As a child and teenager, he developed an interest in theater and drama. He joined the drama club at school and was able to write and direct commercials for his father's hardware supply store. He also started developing his stand-up comedy at the age of 15 and would perform at local comedy clubs.

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Feig first started landing minor roles in television shows and movies in the late 1980s. He had a role in the 1990 film "Ski Patrol" and played a supporting role oppositeBen Stillerin the 1995 comedy "Heavyweights." He also landed a recurring role as a school teacher in the popular teenage television show, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."

He attended Chippewa Valley High School and then enrolled at Wayne State University. However, after a year at Wayne State, he decided to move to Los Angeles and transferred to the University of Southern California where he attended film school. During this time, he worked as a tour guide at Universal Studios Hollywood and began performing stand-up comedy at local clubs in Los Angeles. Before graduating from USC, Feig secured an internship with producer Michael Phillips as a script reader. He also won $25,000 on the gameshow "Pyramid" which allowed him to embark on a stand-up comedy tour, though he eventually returned to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

Feig had metJudd Apatowon the set of "Heavyweights" and worked with him to create the comedy series "Freaks and Geeks" based on his own high school experiences. While the show only aired for one season on NBC between 1999 and 2000, it has since developed a cult following. Entertainment Weekly ranked it 13thon its list of the best shows of the previous 25 years in 2008 and Time Magazine included it in its list of 100 Greatest Shows of All Time. Feig received two Emmy Award nominations for this writing on the show. During this time, he also began directing various episodes of television series like "Arrested Development," "The Office," and "Nurse Jackie.

Today he is most widely recognized as a successful director for such film and television projects as "The Office", "30 Rock", "Parks and Recreation", "Arrested Development", "Nurse Jackie", "Bridesmaids", and "The Heat". He is also the co-creator of "Freaks and Geeks". He has been nominated for five Emmy Awards.

Feig was born on September 17, 1962 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. His mother, Elaine, worked as a telephone operator and his father, Sanford, owned a supply store. Feig was raised in a Christian Science household as Feig's father, who was born Jewish, converted to the religion and then met Elaine at a church social event.

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