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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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…
Known for
- One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self - Executive Producer / Director / Guest Director Chapter 6 And 72026
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine — Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer2024
- Welcome to Wrexham — Self2022
- All Too Well: The Short Film — Her Dad2021
- Robin's Wish — Self2021
- What Happened, Brittany Murphy? — Self2021
- Directors on Directors — Self2021
- Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' — Self2017
- Beyond Stranger Things — Self2017
- Stranger Things — Morgue Worker2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Shawn Adam Levy , ( 1968-07-23 ) July 23, 1968 (age 57) , Montreal , Quebec, Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada United States
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), University of Southern California ( MFA )
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Spouse
- Serena Levy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Levy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Occupation
- executive producer
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Shawn Levy by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- Commons category
- Shawn Levy
- date of birth
- 1968-07-23
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Shawn Levy
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- birth name
- Shawn Adam Levy
- social media followers
- 425596
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Shawn Levy
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Encyclopedic overview
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 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), 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.
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