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Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy

Director · Born 1968-07-23 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian and American 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 a collective $3.5 billion worldwide. Following early work as a television director, most notably for The Famous Jett Jackson, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films such as 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), developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced the first five seasons of the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Levy was an executive producer through the entire run of the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's first four seasons, as well as the sixth and s…

Directed

  1. Stranger Things (2016) — Director
  2. Night at the Museum (2006) — Director
  3. Free Guy (2021) — Director
  4. Real Steel (2011) — Director
  5. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — Director
  6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) — Director
  7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) — Director
  8. The Adam Project (2022) — Director
  9. The Internship (2013) — Director
  10. Date Night (2010) — Director
  11. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) — Director
  12. The Pink Panther (2006) — Director
  13. This Is Where I Leave You (2014) — Director
  14. Just Married (2003) — Director
  15. Big Fat Liar (2002) — Director
  16. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) — Director
  17. All the Light We Cannot See (2023) — Director
  18. Birds of Prey (2002) — Director
  19. First Wave (1998) — Director
  20. The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994) — Director
  21. Animorphs (1998) — Director
  22. Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) — Director
  23. So Weird (1999) — Director
  24. Imaginary Mary (2017) — Director
  25. Address Unknown (1997) — Director
  26. The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) — Director
  27. Pepper Dennis (2006) — Director
  28. Do Over (2002) — Director
  29. In a Heartbeat (2000) — Director
  30. The Journey of Allen Strange (1997) — Director
  31. Just in Time (1997) — Director
  32. Stray Dog (1999) — Director
  33. Broken Record (1994) — Director
  34. Backwards — Director
  35. Boy Band — Director
  36. Star Wars: Starfighter (2027) — Director
  37. Monkey Mischief (2009) — Director
  38. Somewhere Out There — Director
  39. Ghost Rider — Director
  40. Family Album — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Stranger Things (2016) — Morgue Worker
  2. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) — Infomercial Father
  3. The Internship (2013) — Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)
  4. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) — Press Room Reporter
  5. Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) — Hospital Intern
  6. Big Fat Liar (2002) — Wolf Party Guest
  7. 30 Rock (2006) — Scottie Shofar
  8. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Howard Banchek
  9. Step by Step (1991) — Daniel
  10. Made in America (1993) — Dwayne
  11. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  12. All Too Well: The Short Film (2021) — Her Dad
  13. 21 Jump Street (1987) — Lance
  14. Tour of Duty (1987)
  15. Welcome to Wrexham (2022) — Self
  16. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest
  17. Beyond Stranger Things (2017) — Self
  18. Punk'd (2003) — Self
  19. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026) — Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
  20. Zombie Nightmare (1987) — Jim Batten
  21. Robin's Wish (2020) — Self
  22. The Kiss (1988) — Terry
  23. The Vindicator (1986) — Biker #2
  24. What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021) — Self
  25. China Beach (1988) — Lieutenant
  26. thirtysomething (1987) — Robert
  27. Lennon or McCartney (2014) — Self
  28. Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer
  29. Wild Thing (1987) — Paul
  30. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  31. Liberace: Behind the Music (1988) — Glenn
  32. Miles to Go… (1986) — Greg
  33. Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth (1993) — Travis
  34. Brotherhood of the Gun (1991) — Teddy McBride
  35. Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' (2017) — Self
  36. Our Shining Moment (1991) — J.J.
  37. Lifestories (1990) — Luke Conforti
  38. Directors on Directors (2021) — Self
  39. The George Lucas Talk Show: Live — Self