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