Felix Ellison Feist (/faɪst/; February 28, 1910 – September 2, 1965) was an American film and television director and writer born in New York City.

He directed Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin in their first significant screen appearances, in the 1936 short film Every Sunday.

In the late 1920s he found work as a newsreel cameraman, and he was on staff at MGM from 1929 to 1932, directing screen tests and producing one-reel travelogues.

[3] The two met in New York, NY, and traveled to Los Angeles together where Feist began his career with MGM.

His second marriage was to Lisa Howard, a pioneering female journalist and television news anchor, who briefly had an acting career.