Shawn Levy
Born: 1968-07-23 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
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
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip ... (Producer)
- Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow as Self - Executive Producer of 'Stranger Things'
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 ... (Producer)
- 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)
- What Happened, Brittany Murphy? as Self
- All Too Well: The Short Film as Her Dad
2020
- I Am Not Okay with This ... (Executive Producer)
- Unsolved Mysteries ... (Executive Producer)
- Love and Monsters ... (Producer)
- Dash & Lily ... (Executive Producer)
- Robin's Wish as Self
- The Violent Heart ... (Producer)
2018
- The Darkest Minds ... (Producer)
- Kin ... (Producer)
2017
- Fist Fight ... (Producer)
- Beyond Stranger Things as Self
- Table 19 ... (Producer)
- Imaginary Mary ... (Director)
- 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 ... (Producer)
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
- Our Shining Moment as J.J.
- Brotherhood of the Gun as Teddy McBride
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
- Tour of Duty
- thirtysomething as Robert
- Wild Thing as Paul
- Zombie Nightmare as Jim Batten
1986
- The Vindicator as Biker #2
- Miles to Go… as Greg