Shawn Levy
Born: 1968-07-23 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2027
- Star Wars: Starfighter ... (Director)
- The Catch ... (Producer)
2026
- Backrooms ... (Producer)
- Stranger Things: Tales from '85 ... (Executive Producer)
- One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 as Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
- Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview ... (Executive Producer)
2025
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine ... (Director)
- The Perfect Couple ... (Executive Producer)
- Never Let Go ... (Producer)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine as Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer
2023
- All the Light We Cannot See ... (Executive Producer)
- The Boogeyman ... (Producer)
- Crater ... (Producer)
2022
- Welcome to Wrexham as Self
- The Adam Project ... (Director)
- Lost Ollie ... (Executive Producer)
- Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again ... (Producer)
- Cheaper by the Dozen ... (Executive Producer)
- Rosaline ... (Producer)
- The Future Of ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Free Guy ... (Director)
- Shadow and Bone ... (Executive Producer)
- Directors on Directors as Self
- There's Someone Inside Your House ... (Producer)
- All Too Well: The Short Film as Her Dad
- What Happened, Brittany Murphy? as Self
- Robin's Wish as Self
2020
- Love and Monsters ... (Producer)
- Unsolved Mysteries ... (Executive Producer)
- Dash & Lily ... (Executive Producer)
- I Am Not Okay with This ... (Executive Producer)
- The Violent Heart ... (Producer)
2018
- The Darkest Minds ... (Producer)
- Kin ... (Producer)
2017
- Beyond Stranger Things as Self
- Fist Fight ... (Producer)
- Imaginary Mary ... (Director)
- Table 19 ... (Producer)
- Kodachrome ... (Producer)
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
2016
- Stranger Things as Morgue Worker
- Arrival ... (Producer)
- Why Him? ... (Producer)
2015
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ... (Director)
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb ... (Director)
- This Is Where I Leave You ... (Director)
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ... (Producer)
- Cristela ... (Executive Producer)
- Lennon or McCartney as Self
2013
- The Spectacular Now ... (Producer)
- The Internship as Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)
2012
- The Watch ... (Producer)
2011
- Last Man Standing ... (Executive Producer)
- Real Steel ... (Director)
2010
- Date Night ... (Director)
2009
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Infomercial Father
- The Pink Panther 2 ... (Executive Producer)
- Monkey Mischief ... (Director)
2008
- What Happens in Vegas ... (Producer)
- The Rocker ... (Producer)
2006
- 30 Rock as Scottie Shofar
- Night at the Museum ... (Producer)
- The Pink Panther ... (Director)
- Pepper Dennis ... (Director)
2005
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 as Hospital Intern
2003
- Punk'd as Self
- Cheaper by the Dozen as Press Room Reporter
- Just Married ... (Director)
2002
- Birds of Prey ... (Producer)
- Big Fat Liar as Wolf Party Guest
- Do Over ... (Director)
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ... (Producer)
2001
- Jett Jackson: The Movie ... (Director)
2000
- In a Heartbeat ... (Director)
1999
- So Weird ... (Director)
- Dear America ... (Director)
- Stray Dog ... (Director)
1998
- First Wave ... (Director)
- The Famous Jett Jackson ... (Director)
- Animorphs ... (Director)
1997
- The Journey of Allen Strange ... (Director)
- Address Unknown ... (Director)
- Just in Time ... (Director)
1994
- The Secret World of Alex Mack ... (Director)
- Broken Record ... (Director)
1993
- Made in America as Dwayne
- Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth as Travis
1991
- Step by Step as Daniel
- Brotherhood of the Gun as Teddy McBride
- Our Shining Moment as J.J.
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Howard Banchek
- Lifestories as Luke Conforti
1988
- China Beach as Lieutenant
- The Kiss as Terry
- Liberace: Behind the Music as Glenn
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Lance
- thirtysomething as Robert
- Tour of Duty
- Zombie Nightmare as Jim Batten
- Wild Thing as Paul
1986
- Miles to Go… as Greg
- The Vindicator as Biker #2