
Shawn Levy
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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 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), and developed several comedy television pilots. Executive produced the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy produced the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, earning 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 and the Netflix limited series All the Light We CanNot See (2023). Levy has recently 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Levy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Backrooms (2026)
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Real Steel (2011)
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
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Arrival (2016)
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Free Guy (2021)
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The Catch (2027)
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Night at the Museum (2006)
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
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The Adam Project (2022)
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Why Him? (2016)
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The Darkest Minds (2018)
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What Happens in Vegas (2008)
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The Boogeyman (2023)
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Date Night (2010)
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Love and Monsters (2020)
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Never Let Go (2024)
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
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The Watch (2012)
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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
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Fist Fight (2017)
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Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
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Crater (2023)
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Table 19 (2017)
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The Girlfriend (—)
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Kin (2018)
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025)
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There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
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Kodachrome (2017)
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Star Wars: Starfighter (2027)
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Rosaline (2022)
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The Rocker (2008)
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The Violent Heart (2020)
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Untitled McG Feature (—)
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One Attempt Remaining (—)
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Boy Band (—)
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Seasons (—)
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2002)
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Dad Camp (—)
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Club 33 (—)
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The Defender (—)
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Backwards (—)
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Broken Record (1994)
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The Hardy Men (—)
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Dollhouse (—)
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Sovereign (—)
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Kingmakers (—)
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Untitled Night at the Museum Reimagining (—)
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Hold Back the Stars (—)
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Never Lie (—)
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Abbi and the Eighth Wonder (—)
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The Blanks (—)
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Gnomes (—)
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Compulsive Liar (—)
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Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying (—)
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Seismic (—)
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Echo (—)
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Undying (—)
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The Internship (2013)
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Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice' (—)
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Amulet (—)
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Splendid Solution (—)
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Don't Go in the Water (—)
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Somewhere Out There (—)
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Ripple (—)
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