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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.

Known For

6.7

Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

7.8

Self

Welcome to Wrexham

2022

8.1

Her Dad

All Too Well: The Short Film

2021

5.9

Self

What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

2021

6.9

Self

Robin's Wish

2021

0.0

Self

Directors on Directors

2021

7.4

Self

Beyond Stranger Things

2017

7.0

Self

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017

8.6

Morgue Worker

Stranger Things

2016

6.2

Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

Credits

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

as Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer

2024

6.7

Welcome to Wrexham

as Self

2022

7.8

All Too Well: The Short Film

as Her Dad

2021

8.1

What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

as Self

2021

5.9

Robin's Wish

as Self

2021

6.9

Directors on Directors

as Self

2021

0.0

Beyond Stranger Things

as Self

2017

7.4

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

as Self

2017

7.0

Stranger Things

as Morgue Worker

2016

8.6

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2015

6.2

Lennon or McCartney

as Self

2014

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2014

5.9

The Internship

as Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)

2013

6.2

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

as Infomercial Father

2009

6.1

30 Rock

as Scottie Shofar

2006

7.5

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as Hospital Intern

2005

6.2

Cheaper by the Dozen

as Press Room Reporter

2003

6.3

Punk'd

as Self

2003

5.1

Big Fat Liar

as Wolf Party Guest

2002

5.9

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

as Travis

1993

1.0

Made in America

as Dwayne

1993

5.5

🎬

Brotherhood of the Gun

as Teddy McBride

1991

5.0

Step by Step

as Daniel

1991

7.8

🎬

Our Shining Moment

1991

0.0

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Howard Banchek

1990

7.3

🎬

Lifestories

as Luke Conforti

1990

0.0

The Kiss

as Terry

1988

5.7

Liberace: Behind the Music

as Glenn

1988

3.5

China Beach

as Lieutenant

1988

7.4

Zombie Nightmare

as Jim Batten

1987

3.3

thirtysomething

as Robert

1987

6.1

Tour of Duty

1987

8.0

Wild Thing

as Paul

1987

5.6

21 Jump Street

as Lance

1987

7.2

Miles to Go…

as Greg

1986

6.0

The Vindicator

as Biker #2

1986

4.5