Shawn Levy

22 films directed 1 Nominations

Biography

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2017 Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated

The career in numbers

US$ 1.2 bi Total budget from 14 film(s) with data
US$ 4.1 bi Total box office from 13 film(s) with data
US$ 85 mi Average budget from 14 film(s) with data
US$ 316 mi Average box office from 13 film(s) with data
6.5 Average rating from 14 film(s) with data
3.8× Return on investment from 13 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Ghost Rider	2028	—	—	—
Star Wars: Starfighter	2027	—	—	—
Deadpool & Wolverine	2024	US$ 200 mi	US$ 1.3 bi	7.6
The Adam Project	2022	US$ 116 mi	—	7.0
Free Guy	2021	US$ 110 mi	US$ 332 mi	7.4
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	2014	US$ 127 mi	US$ 363 mi	6.2
This Is Where I Leave You	2014	US$ 20 mi	US$ 41 mi	6.6
The Internship	2013	US$ 58 mi	US$ 94 mi	6.2
Real Steel	2011	US$ 110 mi	US$ 299 mi	7.1
Date Night	2010	US$ 55 mi	US$ 152 mi	6.1
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	US$ 150 mi	US$ 413 mi	6.2
Monkey Mischief	2009	—	—	—
Night at the Museum	2006	US$ 110 mi	US$ 574 mi	6.6
The Pink Panther	2006	US$ 65 mi	US$ 159 mi	5.9
Cheaper by the Dozen	2003	US$ 40 mi	US$ 190 mi	6.3
Just Married	2003	US$ 18 mi	US$ 102 mi	5.8
Big Fat Liar	2002	US$ 15 mi	US$ 53 mi	5.9
Jett Jackson: The Movie	2001	—	—	6.0
Address Unknown	1997	—	—	6.1
Just in Time	1997	—	—	5.3
Broken Record	1994	—	—	—
Boy Band	—	—	—	—

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