Directing
Shawn Levy
Born Jul 23, 1968 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
Levy was an executive producer through the entire run of the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's first four seasons, as well as the sixth and seventh episodes of the final season. He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See (2023). Levy has 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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Directed
Ghost Rider
2028
Fantasy
Star Wars: Starfighter
2027
Science Fiction · Adventure · Action
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Action · Comedy · Science Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
Drama
The Adam Project
2022
Adventure · Science Fiction · Comedy
Free Guy
2021
Comedy · Adventure · Science Fiction
Imaginary Mary
2017
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stranger Things
2016
Action & Adventure · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Comedy
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy
This Is Where I Leave You
2014
Drama · Comedy
The Internship
2013
Comedy
Real Steel
2011
Action · Science Fiction · Drama
Date Night
2010
Comedy · Action · Adventure
Monkey Mischief
2009
Comedy
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
Night at the Museum
2006
Fantasy · Family · Comedy
Pepper Dennis
2006
Drama · Comedy
The Pink Panther
2006
Comedy · Mystery · Crime
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
Comedy · Family
Just Married
2003
Romance · Comedy
Birds of Prey
2002
Drama · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Do Over
2002
Drama · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Big Fat Liar
2002
Family · Comedy · Adventure
Jett Jackson: The Movie
2001
Adventure · Family · Action
In a Heartbeat
2000
Drama
Dear America
1999
Drama · Family
So Weird
1999
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Kids
The Famous Jett Jackson
1998
Comedy · Kids
Animorphs
1998
Drama · Kids · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
First Wave
1998
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Journey of Allen Strange
1997
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Kids · Comedy
Address Unknown
1997
Adventure · Family
Just in Time
1997
Family · Comedy · Drama
Broken Record
1994
Drama
The Secret World of Alex Mack
1994
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy · Drama
Acting
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Documentary
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
2025
Documentary
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Documentary
All Too Well: The Short Film
2021
Drama · Music
