Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy

1968-07-23 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 93 Credits

Biography

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 f...

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Star Wars: Starfighter

Star Wars: Starfighter

2027

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Described as a stand-alone adventure that takes roughly five years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

2025

Producer

6.2
Producing

Eleven-year-old Alexander and his family embark on a dream Spring Break vacation to Mexico City only to have all their plans go terribly wrong when th...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

as Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer

6.8
Acting

Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, and director Shawn Levy sit down and spill the proverbial beans about how "Deadpool & Wolverine" was conceived, carried t...

Never Let Go

Never Let Go

2024

Producer

6.1
Producing

As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s prot...

Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Director, Producer, Writer

7.6
Directing Producing Writing

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces...

Smoke Out

Smoke Out

2024

as Cashier

Acting

In this cinematic adventure, a close-knit group of friends sets out on a mission to experience the euphoria of marijuana. Their journey is riddled wit...

The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman

2023

Producer

6.4
Producing

Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their hou...

Crater

Crater

2023

Producer

6.6
Producing

After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends,...

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

2022

Producer

6.4
Producing

Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun g...

Rosaline

Rosaline

2022

Producer

7.1
Producing

Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twis...

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

2022

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simul...

The Adam Project

The Adam Project

2022

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

All Too Well: The Short Film

All Too Well: The Short Film

2021

as Her Dad

8.1
Acting

Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls ...

There's Someone Inside Your House

There's Someone Inside Your House

2021

Producer

5.4
Producing

As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire t...

Robin's Wish

Robin's Wish

2021

as Self

6.9
Acting

The final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, focusing on his fight against a deadly neurodegenerative...

Free Guy

Free Guy

2021

Director, Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a wor...

Love and Monsters

Love and Monsters

2020

Producer

7.3
Producing

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his ...

The Violent Heart

The Violent Heart

2020

Producer

5.3
Producing

Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, taciturn Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior in this southern ...

Kin

Kin

2018

Producer

6.1
Producing

A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them ...

The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds

2018

Producer

7.0
Producing

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes h...

Kodachrome

Kodachrome

2017

Producer

6.8
Producing

Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last ...

Table 19

Table 19

2017

Producer

5.9
Producing

Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway...

Fist Fight

Fist Fight

2017

Producer

6.1
Producing

When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'

2017

as Self

7.0
Acting

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters ...

Why Him?

Why Him?

2016

Producer

6.4
Producing

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

Arrival

Arrival

2016

Producer

7.6
Producing

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are ...

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on...

Lennon or McCartney

Lennon or McCartney

2014

as Self

5.2
Acting

550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. ...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

2014

Producer

6.2
Producing

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder i...

This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

2014

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay ther...

The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

2013

Producer

6.7
Producing

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in hi...

The Internship

The Internship

2013

as Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

The Internship

The Internship

2013

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

The Watch

The Watch

2012

Producer

5.6
Producing

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their ...

Real Steel

Real Steel

2011

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up w...

Date Night

Date Night

2010

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reserv...

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009

as Infomercial Father

6.1
Acting

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...

The Pink Panther 2

The Pink Panther 2

2009

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign I...

The Rocker

The Rocker

2008

Producer

6.0
Producing

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at st...

What Happens in Vegas

What Happens in Vegas

2008

Producer

6.1
Producing

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other ...

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

2006

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

2006

Director

5.8
Directing

When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the di...

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

2005

as Hospital Intern

6.2
Acting

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight c...

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

2005

Producer

6.2
Producing

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight c...

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

2003

as Press Room Reporter

6.3
Acting

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the c...

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

2003

Director

6.3
Directing

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the c...

Just Married

Just Married

2003

Director

5.8
Directing

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They qui...

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

2002

Producer

5.7
Producing

A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.

Big Fat Liar

Big Fat Liar

2002

as Wolf Party Guest

5.9
Acting

After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Holly...

Big Fat Liar

Big Fat Liar

2002

Director

5.9
Directing

After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Holly...

Jett Jackson: The Movie

Jett Jackson: The Movie

2001

Director, Executive Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Jett Jackson, who is the star of Silverstone, is considering quitting Silverstone when it is given a three year extension. During the filming of the l...

Stray Dog

1999

Director

Directing

A young police detective retrieves his gun stolen in an overcrowded tram.

Address Unknown

Address Unknown

1997

Director

5.9
Directing

A 16 year old boy who had thought that his father's death was an accident, suspects otherwise when he receives a 10-year-old lost letter his father ha...

Just in Time

Just in Time

1997

Director

4.7
Directing

After his wife’s death, Michael loses track of what’s important. That’s why it’s strictly business between Michael and Faith, the attractive nanny he’...

Broken Record

1994

Director, Producer, Editor

Directing Producing

Broken Record shows two young boys and a girl trying to break a Guinness world record.

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

1993

as Travis

1.0
Acting

A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.

Made in America

Made in America

1993

as Dwayne

5.5
Acting

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.

Brotherhood of the Gun

1991

as Teddy McBride

5.0
Acting

After the Civil War, rebel sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's outlaw gang. After a successful train robbery, he and his brother end up in a gunf...

The Kiss

The Kiss

1988

as Terry

5.8
Acting

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to ...

Liberace: Behind the Music

Liberace: Behind the Music

1988

as Glenn

4.3
Acting

A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. ...

Zombie Nightmare

Zombie Nightmare

1987

as Jim Batten

3.3
Acting

Tony Washington is killed by a gang of rampant trendy teenagers. Molly Mokembe is a voodoo lady who brings him back from the dead to seek revenge on h...

Wild Thing

Wild Thing

1987

as Paul

5.6
Acting

A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of t...

Miles to Go…

Miles to Go…

1986

as Greg

6.0
Acting

After discovering that her cancer has returned, Moira Browning launches a quiet campaign to find a potential replacement for herself in her family's l...

The Vindicator

The Vindicator

1986

as Biker #2

4.4
Acting

An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machin...

Splendid Solution

N/A

Producer

Producing

Jeremy Strong will portray the inventor of the polio vaccine Jonas Salk.

Undying

N/A

Producer

Producing

A woman, suffocated by motherhood, who has an affair with a man she hasn’t seen since high school… only to discover he has been dead for years.

Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying

N/A

Producer

Producing

The story of three girls, born in South Korea and adopted by American families, who feel isolated within their adopted families and their suburban hom...

The Defender

N/A

Producer

Producing

Scipio Africanus Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elain...

Untitled John Patton Ford/Netflix Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

Follows a mysterious Union spy named James Andrews who, along with infantry volunteers, stole a Confederate steam engine and planned to destroy the en...

Night of the Ghoul

N/A

Producer

Producing

A father and son look into the true story behind a long-lost horror film from the golden era of monster movies. But as they dig deeper, they risk unle...

Dollhouse

N/A

Producer

Producing

A psychological thriller in the spirit of Black Swan, is set in the world of the upper echelon of New York City’s fashion scene.

Untitled Ryan Reynolds Heist Comedy

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Plot TBA. Expected to be a global heist thriller in the vein of Ocean's 11.

Backwards

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A dying father chooses a method to extend his life that involves reverse aging in a de-aging facility. Appointed to be his caretaker is his estrange d...

The Backrooms

The Backrooms

N/A

Producer

Producing

Planned film adaption based on viral found-footage shorts by 17-year-old Kane Parsons.

Boy Band

N/A

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Gnomes

N/A

Producer

Producing

A feature take on the 2019 short about a young girl who finds herself menaced by an evil tribe of gnomes.

Untitled Dave McCary Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

Emma Stone is reportedly in talks for an untitled film for Universal Pictures, with Dave McCary in talks to direct.

Abbi and the Eighth Wonder

N/A

Producer

Producing

The plot is under wraps.

Untitled Club 33 Film

N/A

Producer

Producing

A young aspiring detective receives a mysterious invite to the highly secretive Club 33. In this case, it’s a magical and exclusive dining club whose ...

Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'

N/A

Producer

Producing

An upcoming remake of 'Riders of Justice' by Michael Schwartz & Tyler Nilson.

The Hardy Men

N/A

Producer

Producing

An updated version of "The Hardy Boys," with the titular perpetual teenagers finally grown up, but still up to their old tricks.

Echo

N/A

Producer

Producing

A C.I.A. Drone coordinator battles his psychological health while trying to decipher if his wife has been replaced.

Never Lie

N/A

Producer

Producing

A newlywed couple on the search for the house of their dreams when they come upon a remote manor that once belonged to a renowned psychiatrist, a woma...

Seismic

N/A

Producer

Producing

A single mother who fights to reunite with her missing son amid chaos after the Earth’s surface is decimated by a mysterious attack.

Hold Back the Stars

N/A

Producer

Producing

A man and woman revisit memories of their love affair on a utopian Earth while they are trapped in the void of space with only 90 minutes of oxygen le...

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

N/A

Producer

Producing

Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, finding themselves in Manhattan. They team up with a plucky ...

Sovereign

Sovereign

N/A

Producer

Producing

In the wake of a fractured marriage, a man goes to find his wife and the entire crew of a space station who have gone missing. As he explores the ship...

Don't Go in the Water

N/A

Producer

Producing

A recovering alcoholic travels to his dead uncle’s remote island to battle his addiction, but ends up battling a deadly monster who lives in the surro...

My Wife and I Bought a Ranch…

N/A

Producer

Producing

A couple moves into their dream home in Idaho only to discover that a malevolent spirit inhabits their valley.

Be More Chill

Be More Chill

N/A

Director

Directing

It’s called a Squip. A tiny supercomputer inside a pill. Swallow one and a personalized voice will tell you how to dress, how to speak, how to… become...

Amulet

N/A

Producer

Producing

Based on Kazu Kibuishi's graphic novel series, which follows a young woman who discovers a magical amulet that belonged to her great-grandfather and u...

The Blanks

N/A

Producer

Producing

A family returns to their vacation home on Jeckle Island, as they do every summer, settling into familiar routines and abiding by the island’s unspoke...