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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.
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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
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
Liberace: Behind the Music
What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Production Credits
Dash & Lily
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Sesame Street
Why Him?
The Future Of
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Last Man Standing
What Happens in Vegas
Love and Monsters
Cheaper by the Dozen
Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten Realms
Cheaper by the Dozen
Date Night
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Darkest Minds
Star Wars: Starfighter
The Boogeyman
The Backrooms
The Rocker
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Deadpool & Wolverine
Birds of Prey
Fist Fight
Table 19
The Perfect Couple
Kin
Boy Band
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
I Am Not Okay with This
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
All the Light We Cannot See
Unsolved Mysteries
Avengers: Doomsday
There's Someone Inside Your House
Free Guy
Shadow and Bone
Night at the Museum
The Internship
Big Fat Liar
Real Steel
The Adam Project
Lost Ollie
Arrival
The Spectacular Now
Crater
The Watch
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Never Let Go
Stranger Things
This Is Where I Leave You
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