Shawn Levy
Directing
Born: July 23, 1968 (age 58) · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Highest Rated
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 seventh episodes of the final season. He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See (2023). Levy has 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
2016
Arrival
2016
Night at the Museum
2006
Free Guy
2021
Real Steel
2011
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
The Adam Project
2022
The Internship
2013
Love and Monsters
2020
Why Him?
2016
Photos (7)
Movies (14)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Infomercial Father
Cheaper by the Dozen
Press Room Reporter
Big Fat Liar
Wolf Party Guest
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Hospital Intern
Made in America
Dwayne
All Too Well: The Short Film
Her Dad
The Kiss
Terry
Wild Thing
Paul
The Vindicator
Biker #2
Miles to Go…
Greg
Zombie Nightmare
Jim Batten
Liberace: Behind the Music
Glenn
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Travis
The Internship
Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)
TV Shows (8)
Stranger Things
Morgue Worker · 1 eps
Beverly Hills, 90210
Howard Banchek · 2 eps
30 Rock
Scottie Shofar · 1 eps
21 Jump Street
Lance · 1 eps
Step by Step
Daniel · 1 eps
Tour of Duty
2 eps
thirtysomething
Robert · 1 eps
China Beach
Lieutenant · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Punk'd
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Welcome to Wrexham
Self · 3 eps
Directors on Directors
Self · 1 eps
Beyond Stranger Things
Self · 4 eps
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer
What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
Self · 2 eps
Robin's Wish
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Self
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - Executive Producer of 'Stranger Things'
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Self
Upcoming (5)
Directing (34)
Stranger Things
Director
Deadpool & Wolverine
Director
Real Steel
Director
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Director
Free Guy
Director
First Wave
Director
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Director
Night at the Museum
Director
The Secret World of Alex Mack
Director
The Pink Panther
Director
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Director
The Adam Project
Director
So Weird
Director
Birds of Prey
Director
Animorphs
Director
All the Light We Cannot See
Director
Cheaper by the Dozen
Director
This Is Where I Leave You
Director
The Famous Jett Jackson
Director
Big Fat Liar
Director
Date Night
Director
Pepper Dennis
Director
Just Married
Director
Imaginary Mary
Director
The Journey of Allen Strange
Director
Dear America
Director
Do Over
Director
In a Heartbeat
Director
Jett Jackson: The Movie
Director
Address Unknown
Director
Monkey Mischief
Director
Just in Time
Director
Broken Record
Director
The Internship
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (55)
Backrooms
Producer
Stranger Things
Executive Producer
Deadpool & Wolverine
Producer
Last Man Standing
Executive Producer
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Executive Producer
Real Steel
Producer
Arrival
Producer
Free Guy
Producer
Shadow and Bone
Executive Producer
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Producer
Night at the Museum
Producer
The Perfect Couple
Executive Producer
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Producer
The Adam Project
Producer
Birds of Prey
Producer
The Boogeyman
Producer
Why Him?
Producer
All the Light We Cannot See
Executive Producer
Unsolved Mysteries
Executive Producer
The Watch
Producer
Love and Monsters
Producer
This Is Where I Leave You
Producer
Never Let Go
Producer
Fist Fight
Producer
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Producer
What Happens in Vegas
Producer
Dash & Lily
Executive Producer
The Darkest Minds
Producer
The Famous Jett Jackson
Executive Producer
I Am Not Okay with This
Executive Producer
Crater
Producer
The Pink Panther 2
Executive Producer
Date Night
Producer
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Producer
Cheaper by the Dozen
Executive Producer
The Spectacular Now
Producer
Pepper Dennis
Producer
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Producer
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Producer
Imaginary Mary
Executive Producer
Lost Ollie
Executive Producer
Kin
Producer
Cristela
Executive Producer
The Rocker
Producer
Table 19
Producer
Rosaline
Producer
There's Someone Inside Your House
Producer
The Future Of
Executive Producer
Kodachrome
Producer
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview
Executive Producer
The Violent Heart
Producer
Jett Jackson: The Movie
Executive Producer
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Producer
Broken Record
Producer
The Internship
Producer