Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy
Levy in 2011
Born	c. 1968 (age 48–49) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Film director, producer, actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Serena
Children	4

Shawn Adam Levy (born c. 1968) is a Canadian film director, producer, and actor. He directed the films 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), Date Night (2010), Real Steel (2011), The Internship (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).

Since 2016, he has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series Stranger Things and directed two episodes of the first season, as well as being slated to direct two episodes of the upcoming second season.

Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, which resulted in him receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

Levy was born in Montreal,Quebec. His family is Jewish. 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. His television company, 21 Laps/Adelstein, produced the ABC hit Last Man Standing with Tim Allen and Stranger Things on Netflix. He was initially announced as the director of the film version of Minecraft, but has since left the project. On October 25, it was announced that Levy will direct the upcoming Uncharted movie.

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