Shawn Levy

About

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...

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Stranger ThingsSeries • 2016Beverly Hills, 90210Series • 199030 RockSeries • 2006BackroomsMovie • 2026Last Man StandingSeries • 2011Deadpool & WolverineMovie • 202421 Jump StreetSeries • 1987Step by StepSeries • 1991Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtSeries • 2015ArrivalMovie • 2016Stranger Things: Tales from '85Series • 2026First WaveSeries • 1998Tour of DutySeries • 1987thirtysomethingSeries • 1987China BeachSeries • 1988Real SteelMovie • 2011Shadow and BoneSeries • 2021All the Light We Cannot SeeSeries • 2023Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombMovie • 2014Free GuyMovie • 2021Night at the MuseumMovie • 2006The Adam ProjectMovie • 2022So WeirdSeries • 1999Date NightMovie • 2010