Shawn Levy
57 rokov
Directing
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Popularita 3.5
Male
Most known for
Liberace: Behind the Music
Biography
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.
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Top rated titles
Selection by cast orderMovies worked on
8 titles
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Director, Producer, Writer
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
The Adam Project
2022
Director, Producer
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Comedy
Free Guy
2021
Director, Producer
Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction
Love and Monsters
2020
Producer
Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
The Darkest Minds
2018
Producer
Action, Adventure, Drama
Arrival
2016
Producer
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
The Watch
2012
Producer
Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
The Butterfly Effect
2004
Director
Science Fiction, Thriller
Basic information
- Known for
- Directing
- Place of birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Age
- 57 years
- Gender
- Male
- Popularity
- 3.5
Departments & roles
Writing
1 title
Writer
Production
6 titles
Producer
Directing
1 title
Director