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