Shawn Levy

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

36

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-07-23 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Shawn Levy

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

  • Stranger Things

    Stranger Things

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Step by Step

    Step by Step

  • Tour of Duty

    Tour of Duty

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • Welcome to Wrexham

    Welcome to Wrexham

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • Cheaper by the Dozen

    Cheaper by the Dozen

  • Wild Thing

    Wild Thing

  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

  • Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

    Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

  • Big Fat Liar

    Big Fat Liar

  • Cheaper by the Dozen 2

    Cheaper by the Dozen 2

  • Beyond Stranger Things

    Beyond Stranger Things

  • Made in America

    Made in America

  • Liberace: Behind the Music

    Liberace: Behind the Music

  • Zombie Nightmare

    Zombie Nightmare

  • Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

    Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

  • Lennon or McCartney

    Lennon or McCartney

  • What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

    What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

  • Robin's Wish

    Robin's Wish

  • Miles to Go…

    Miles to Go…

  • All Too Well: The Short Film

    All Too Well: The Short Film

  • Lifestories

    Lifestories

  • The Kiss

    The Kiss

  • Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

    Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

  • The Vindicator

    The Vindicator

  • Our Shining Moment

    Our Shining Moment

  • Brotherhood of the Gun

    Brotherhood of the Gun

  • The Internship

    The Internship