Shawn Levy

This article is about the director and actor. For the American film critic, see Shawn Anthony Levy.

Shawn Levy
Levy at a Moscow press conference for Real Steel, October 7, 2011
Born	(1968-07-23) July 23, 1968 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	film director film producer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Serena (4 children)

Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian-American director, producer, who directed the comedy films Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum, Date Night, and the sci-fi sports drama film Real Steel. Cumulatively, Levy's films have grossed $2 billion at the worldwide box office, making him one of the most commercially successful filmmakers of the past decade. He has also directed many television shows, including Cousin Skeeter, The Famous Jett Jackson and Pepper Dennis.

Life and career

Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Jewish parents. As a teenager, he attended St.George's High School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in New York. Levy graduated from Yale University in 1989 majoring in Performing Arts. Levy has a production deal with 20th Century Fox. He produced the 2012 Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill comedy The Watch, which was directed by Akiva Schaffer, and has over a dozen projects in development for production in the near future. These include Rosaline, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Berenstain Bears, Sesame Street, 10 Best Days of My Life, Fight Before Christmas, Alone for the Holidays, Mr. Men, Fancy Nancy, King Kong, The Three Misfortunes of Geppetto, The 39 Clues: The Movie, and The Deadliest Warrior. His newly formed television company, 21 Laps/Adelstein, produced the ABC hit Last Man Standing with Tim Allen. He has also been announced as the director of Fox's new Frankenstein adaptation and the James Cameron-produced 3D sci-fi remake Fantastic Voyage.

Levy's acting debut was in Zombie Nightmare (1986), a low-budget horror film in which he portrayed the antagonist. The film is best known for being featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also appeared in the 1988 Liberace: Behind the Music, as a post-Scott Thorson acquaintance of Liberace. His television resume consists of a guest spot on 21 Jump Street, a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210, and more recently, a role on 30 Rock as TV Producer Scottie Shofar.

He is known professionally as Shawn Levy, not to be confused with Shawn Anthony Levy, the American film critic and author who also signs his work as Shawn Levy.

Levy is married to Serena, with whom he has four children.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Director	Producer	Actor	Role	Notes
1986	Zombie Nightmare	No	No	Yes	Jim Bratten
1997	Just in Time	Yes	No	Yes	Photographer	Cameo appearance
2000	The Famous Jett Jackson	No	Yes	No		TV Show
2002	Big Fat Liar	Yes	No	Yes	Wolf Party Guest	Cameo appearance
	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	No	Yes	No
2003	Just Married	Yes	No	No
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Yes	No	Yes	Press Room Reporter	Cameo appearance
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	No	Yes	Yes	Hospital Intern
2006	The Pink Panther	Yes	No	No
	Night at the Museum	Yes	Yes	No
2008	What Happens in Vegas	No	Yes	No
	The Rocker	No	Yes	No
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Guy in Commercial	Cameo appearance
	The Pink Panther 2	No	Yes	No		Executive producer only
2010	Date Night	Yes	Yes	No
2011	Real Steel	Yes	Yes	No
2012	The Watch	No	Yes	No
	The Spectacular Now	No	Yes	No
2013	The Internship	Yes	No	No
TBA	Untitled Sesame Street movie	Un­known	Yes	Un­known

Recurring collaborators

Actor	Just in Time (1997)	Big Fat Liar (2002)	Just Married (2003)	Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)	The Pink Panther (2006)	Night at the Museum (2006)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)	The Internship (2013)
Steve Coogan						N	N
Timmy Fitzpatrick		N	N
Ricky Gervais						N	N
Amy Hill		N		N
Taran Killam		N	N
Ashton Kutcher			N	N
Shawn Levy	N	N		N			N
Steve Martin				N	N
Ted Rooney		N		N
Ben Stiller						N	N
Robin Williams						N	N
Owen Wilson						N	N	N

External links

• Shawn Levy at IMDb