Shawn Levy
Known For
Directing
Born
1968-07-23 in 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.
Most Known For
Stranger Things
as Morgue Worker
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Howard Banchek
30 Rock
as Scottie Shofar
21 Jump Street
as Lance
Step by Step
as Daniel
Tour of Duty
Punk'd
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Welcome to Wrexham
as Self
China Beach
as Lieutenant
thirtysomething
as Robert
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Infomercial Father
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
as Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
Beyond Stranger Things
as Self
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Press Room Reporter
Directors on Directors
as Self
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
as Hospital Intern
Big Fat Liar
as Wolf Party Guest