Shawn Levy

Directing·Jul 23, 1968·Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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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.

Film	Credit
Star Wars: Starfighter2027 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Catch2027 · Producer	Producer
Backrooms2026 · Producer	Producer
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 52026 · Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7	Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 7
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip2025 · Producer	Producer
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer	Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer
Never Let Go2024 · Producer	Producer
Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Boogeyman2023 · Producer	Producer
Crater2023 · Producer	Producer
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again2022 · Producer	Producer
Rosaline2022 · Producer	Producer
The Adam Project2022 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
All Too Well: The Short Film2021 · Her Dad	Her Dad
There's Someone Inside Your House2021 · Producer	Producer
Free Guy2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Love and Monsters2020 · Producer	Producer
The Violent Heart2020 · Producer	Producer
Robin's Wish2020 · Self	Self
Kin2018 · Producer	Producer
The Darkest Minds2018 · Producer	Producer
Kodachrome2017 · Producer	Producer
Table 192017 · Producer	Producer
Fist Fight2017 · Producer	Producer
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'2017 · Self	Self
Why Him?2016 · Producer	Producer
Arrival2016 · Producer	Producer
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Lennon or McCartney2014 · Self	Self
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day2014 · Producer	Producer
This Is Where I Leave You2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Spectacular Now2013 · Producer	Producer
The Internship2013 · Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited), Director, Producer	Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited), Director, Producer
The Watch2012 · Producer	Producer
Real Steel2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Date Night2010 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Monkey Mischief2009 · Director	Director
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009 · Infomercial Father, Director, Producer	Infomercial Father, Director, Producer
The Rocker2008 · Producer	Producer
What Happens in Vegas2008 · Producer	Producer
Night at the Museum2006 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Pink Panther2006 · Director	Director
Cheaper by the Dozen 22005 · Hospital Intern, Producer	Hospital Intern, Producer
Cheaper by the Dozen2003 · Press Room Reporter, Director	Press Room Reporter, Director
Just Married2003 · Director	Director
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus2002 · Producer	Producer
Big Fat Liar2002 · Wolf Party Guest, Director	Wolf Party Guest, Director
Jett Jackson: The Movie2001 · Director	Director