Director

Shawn Levy

Directing

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Directed credits

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

3.4

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 13All crew credits: 74

TMDB ID: 17825

IMDb ID: nm0506613

Known for: Directing

Born: July 23, 1968

Age: 58

Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1986 - 2028

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q323076

Also known as

Shawn Adam Levy • ショーン・アダム・レヴィ • שון אדם לוי • ショーンレヴィ

Frequent jobs

Director (30)Producer (30)Executive Producer (14)

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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 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.

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Movies

Directed Movies

Movies directed by Shawn Levy.

Jul 28, 2028

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Ghost Rider

2028 • Movie

Movie poster for Star Wars: Starfighter (2027)

May 26, 2027

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Star Wars: Starfighter

2027 • Movie

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Deadpool & Wolverine

2024 • Movie

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Free Guy

2021 • Movie

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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014 • Movie

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This Is Where I Leave You

2014 • Movie

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Date Night

2010 • Movie

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Monkey Mischief

2009 • Movie

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009 • Movie

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The Pink Panther

2006 • Movie

Director

Cheaper by the Dozen

2003 • Movie

Director

Just Married

2003 • Movie

Director

Big Fat Liar

2002 • Movie

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Jett Jackson: The Movie

2001 • Movie

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Address Unknown

1997 • Movie

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Just in Time

1997 • Movie

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Broken Record

1994 • Movie

Series

Directed Series

Series directed by Shawn Levy.

Director • 2 eps

Imaginary Mary

2017 • Series

Director • 10 eps

Stranger Things

2016 • Series

Director • 1 eps

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015 • Series

Director • 1 eps

Pepper Dennis

2006 • Series

Director • 1 eps

Do Over

2002 • Series

Director • 2 eps

In a Heartbeat

2000 • Series

Director • 1 eps

Dear America

1999 • Series

Director • 2 eps

So Weird

1999 • Series

Director • 9 eps

The Famous Jett Jackson

1998 • Series

Director • 3 eps

Animorphs

1998 • Series

Director • 1 eps

First Wave

1998 • Series

Director • 1 eps

The Journey of Allen Strange

1997 • Series

Director • 5 eps

The Secret World of Alex Mack

1994 • Series

Movies

Upcoming Movies

Next announced movie projects with Shawn Levy.

May 26, 2027

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