Yale University (BA) University of Southern California (MFA)
Occupations
Film director
film producer
screenwriter
actor
Years active
1986–present
Spouse
Serena Levy
Children
4
Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968)[2] is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar and Just Married before subsequently directing the Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum film franchises. In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night and Real Steel, developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced 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.
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.[3] He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See. Most recently, he has collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
^"Shawn Adam Levy — The Guild / Members". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
^"Shawn Levy — Biography and Filmography - 1968". hollywood.com. February 20, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
^"'Stranger Things' Season 3 Starts Filming Monday". Collider. April 21, 2018.
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