
Shawn Levy
3 FOLLOWERS • 69 CREDITS • JUL 23, 1968 • 56
Biography
Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and the primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar and Just Married before directing Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum film franchises. In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night and Real Steel, developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced 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.
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. He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See. Most recently, he has collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Beverly Hills, 90210

Stranger Things

China Beach

Welcome to Wrexham

30 Rock

21 Jump Street

Beyond Stranger Things

Tour of Duty

Step by Step

Lifestories

The Internship

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Big Fat Liar

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Kiss

What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

Liberace: Behind the Music

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Production Credits

The Spectacular Now

The Watch

Free Guy

What Happens in Vegas

Fist Fight

Arrival

Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten Realms

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

There's Someone Inside Your House

Table 19

Love and Monsters

Real Steel

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The Perfect Couple

The Rocker

Deadpool & Wolverine

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Crater

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

The Adam Project

Unsolved Mysteries

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

The Boogeyman

Never Let Go

The Future Of

Shadow and Bone

Kin

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Why Him?

Night at the Museum

This Is Where I Leave You

Untitled Stranger Things Animated Series

Date Night

Sesame Street

All the Light We Cannot See

Lost Ollie

Dash & Lily

Avengers: Doomsday

Boy Band

The Internship

Cheaper by the Dozen

I Am Not Okay with This

Star Wars: Starfighter

Cheaper by the Dozen

Stranger Things

Big Fat Liar

Last Man Standing

The Darkest Minds
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