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Shawn Levy

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 23, 1968 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography

Shawn Adam Levy (/ˈliːvaɪ/; born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned numerous genres, and his films as a director have grossed $3.5 billion worldwide. Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and The Pink Panther (2006). He then found further success as the director of the first three films in the Night at the Museum film franchise (2006–14). In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night (2010), Real Steel (2011), and The Internship (2013), and developed several comedy television pilots. Executive produced the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy produced the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He has directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's four seasons and the Netflix limited series All the Light We CanNot See (2023). Levy has recently collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), with the latter emerging as his highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Levy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & WolverineSelf - Co-Writer / Director / Producer
2022Welcome to WrexhamSelf
2021All Too Well: The Short FilmHer Dad
2021Robin's WishSelf
2021What Happened, Brittany Murphy?Self
2021Directors on DirectorsSelf
2017Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'Self
2017Beyond Stranger ThingsSelf
2016Stranger ThingsMorgue Worker
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2013The InternshipGoogle Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianInfomercial Father
200630 RockScottie Shofar
2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2Hospital Intern
2003Cheaper by the DozenPress Room Reporter
2003Punk'dSelf
2002Big Fat LiarWolf Party Guest
1993Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the EarthTravis
1993Made in AmericaDwayne
1991Brotherhood of the GunTeddy McBride
1991Our Shining MomentJ.J.
1991Step by StepDaniel
1990Beverly Hills, 90210Howard Banchek
1990LifestoriesLuke Conforti
1988The KissTerry
1988Liberace: Behind the MusicGlenn
1988China BeachLieutenant
1987Wild ThingPaul
1987Zombie NightmareJim Batten
1987thirtysomethingRobert
198721 Jump StreetLance
1987Tour of Duty
1986The VindicatorBiker #2
1986Miles to Go…Greg
Production
2027Star Wars: StarfighterProducer
2026BackroomsProducer
2026Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical PreviewExecutive Producer
2026Stranger Things: Tales from '85Executive Producer
2025Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road TripProducer
2024Never Let GoProducer
2024Deadpool & WolverineProducer
2024The Perfect CoupleExecutive Producer
2023The BoogeymanProducer
2023CraterProducer
2023All the Light We Cannot SeeExecutive Producer
2022RosalineProducer
2022Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises AgainProducer
2022The Adam ProjectProducer
2022Cheaper by the DozenExecutive Producer
2022Lost OllieExecutive Producer
2022The Future OfExecutive Producer
2021There's Someone Inside Your HouseProducer
2021Free GuyProducer
2021Shadow and BoneExecutive Producer
2020Love and MonstersProducer
2020The Violent HeartProducer
2020Unsolved MysteriesExecutive Producer
2020Dash & LilyExecutive Producer
2020I Am Not Okay with ThisExecutive Producer
2018The Darkest MindsProducer
2018KinProducer
2017Table 19Producer
2017Fist FightProducer
2017KodachromeProducer
2017Imaginary MaryExecutive Producer
2016ArrivalProducer
2016Why Him?Producer
2016Stranger ThingsExecutive Producer
2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombProducer
2014Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayProducer
2014This Is Where I Leave YouProducer
2014CristelaExecutive Producer
2013The Spectacular NowProducer
2013The InternshipProducer
2012The WatchProducer
2011Real SteelProducer
2011Last Man StandingExecutive Producer
2010Date NightProducer
2009The Pink Panther 2Executive Producer
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianProducer
2008The RockerProducer
2008What Happens in VegasProducer
2006Night at the MuseumProducer
2006Pepper DennisProducer
2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2Producer
2002I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausProducer
2002Birds of PreyProducer
2001Jett Jackson: The MovieExecutive Producer
1998The Famous Jett JacksonExecutive Producer
1994Broken RecordProducer
-Splendid SolutionProducer
-UndyingProducer
-Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are TerrifyingProducer
-The DefenderProducer
-DollhouseProducer
-BackwardsProducer
-Boy BandProducer
-GnomesProducer
-The CatchProducer
-Abbi and the Eighth WonderProducer
-Untitled Club 33 FilmProducer
-Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'Producer
-The Hardy MenProducer
-EchoProducer
-Never LieProducer
-SeismicProducer
-Hold Back the StarsProducer
-Sesame StreetProducer
-SovereignProducer
-Don't Go in the WaterProducer
-My Wife and I Bought a Ranch…Producer
-AmuletProducer
-The BlanksProducer
-A Night at the MuseumProducer
-Dad CampProducer
-Compulsive LiarProducer
-One Attempt RemainingProducer
-KingmakersProducer
-Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten RealmsExecutive Producer
-Untitled Hockey SeriesExecutive Producer
Directing
2027Star Wars: StarfighterDirector
2024Deadpool & WolverineDirector
2023All the Light We Cannot SeeDirector
2022The Adam ProjectDirector
2021Free GuyDirector
2017Imaginary MaryDirector
2016Stranger ThingsDirector
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtDirector
2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombDirector
2014This Is Where I Leave YouDirector
2013The InternshipDirector
2011Real SteelDirector
2010Date NightDirector
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianDirector
2009Monkey MischiefDirector
2006Night at the MuseumDirector
2006The Pink PantherDirector
2006Pepper DennisDirector
2003Cheaper by the DozenDirector
2003Just MarriedDirector
2002Big Fat LiarDirector
2002Do OverDirector
2002Birds of PreyDirector
2001Jett Jackson: The MovieDirector
2000In a HeartbeatDirector
1999Stray DogDirector
1999So WeirdDirector
1999Dear AmericaDirector
1998The Famous Jett JacksonDirector
1998AnimorphsDirector
1998First WaveDirector
1997Address UnknownDirector
1997Just in TimeDirector
1997The Journey of Allen StrangeDirector
1994Broken RecordDirector
1994The Secret World of Alex MackDirector
-BackwardsDirector
-Boy BandDirector
-Family AlbumDirector
Writing
2024Deadpool & WolverineWriter