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Shawn Adam LevyΒ (born July 23, 1968)Β is a Canadian and American filmmaker and actor. He is the founder ofΒ 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 forΒ The Famous Jett Jackson, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films such asΒ Big Fat LiarΒ (2002),Β Just MarriedΒ (2003),Β Cheaper by the DozenΒ (2003), andΒ The Pink PantherΒ (2006). He then found further success as the director of the first three films in theΒ Night at the MuseumΒ film franchise (2006β14). In the early 2010s, he directed films includingΒ Date Night (2010),Β Real SteelΒ (2011), andΒ The Internship (2013), developed several comedyΒ television pilots, and executive produced the first five seasons of theΒ ABCΒ sitcomΒ Last Man Standing. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi filmΒ Arrival, which earned him anΒ Academy AwardΒ nomination forΒ Best Picture.
Levy was an executive producer through the entire run of theΒ Netflix original seriesΒ 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 seriesΒ All the Light We Cannot SeeΒ (2023). Levy has collaborated withΒ Ryan ReynoldsΒ by directingΒ Free GuyΒ (2021),Β The Adam ProjectΒ (2022), andΒ Deadpool & WolverineΒ (2024), with the latter emerging as his highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
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