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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). 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 (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). 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
30 Rock
21 Jump Street
Welcome to Wrexham
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
Table 19
Dash & Lily
Real Steel
Lost Ollie
The Future Of
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
This Is Where I Leave You
Never Let Go
The Internship
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Boogeyman
Love and Monsters
Unsolved Mysteries
Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten Realms
Untitled Shawn Levy Star Wars Film
Untitled Stranger Things Animated Series
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Deadpool & Wolverine
Crater
Cheaper by the Dozen
Avengers: Doomsday
Arrival
Night at the Museum
Kin
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Big Fat Liar
Why Him?
Boy Band
The Watch
I Am Not Okay with This
Shadow and Bone
There's Someone Inside Your House
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Spectacular Now
The Rocker
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Stranger Things
Fist Fight
What Happens in Vegas
Free Guy
All the Light We Cannot See
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
The Perfect Couple
Date Night
Last Man Standing
The Adam Project
The Darkest Minds
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