Victoria Alonso is leaving Marvel Studios after nearly two decades

Deadline has confirmed that respected Marvel executive and multi-film EP Victoria Alonso has left Marvel Studios after 17 years. No reasons were given for her departure, which took effect Friday, and it is not yet clear where she is going. Her departure comes as quite a shock given her friendly demeanor and passion for all things Marvel.

Her last title at Marvel Studios was President, Physical and Post Production, VFX and Animation Production. Alonso recently served as a producer on the Oscar-nominated international film Argentina, 1985.

She joined Marvel in 2006 as head of visual effects and post-production and was involved in the 2008 launch Iron Man as co-producer, with additional co-producer credits charged iron man 2 (2010), Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) before being promoted to an EP avenger (2012).

Alonso has also served as an executive producer on Marvel films and Disney+ series, including most recently Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Thor: Love and Thunder And Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madnessIn addition to series like Loki, Ms. Marvel, And The Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Specialto name a few.

A consistently outspoken advocate for diversity in entertainment, Alonso told a 2021 Women In Animation panel at the Annecy Animation Film Festival that inclusion, diversity and gender equality “all go hand-in-hand to show the world how she is”.

The veteran executive and producer added that you can look at diversity “from a social perspective, from a cultural perspective.” But honestly, it’s a business. From a tax point of view, you are leaving money on the table if you are not representing someone. I think 51% of our audience is female, 28% of our audience is Hispanic. If we don’t represent the people who see what we’re doing, they’ll go somewhere else because someone else will find out.”

Another example of Alonso’s outspokenness on diversity and inclusion issues came last year, when the openly gay executive called on then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek to “stand back” against anti-LGBTQ+ laws like Florida’s Don’t Say Gay. . – Rights. , as she revealed during an appearance at the GLAAD Media Awards that she had already had a “45-minute conversation” with the manager asking for “courage.”

Alonso added that members of the LGBTQ+ community “deserve the right to live, love and have. Most importantly, we deserve an origin story… As long as I’m at Marvel Studios, I will fight for all of us to be represented.”