Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy Biography

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. Levy is Jewish.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Zombie Nightmare	Jim Bratten
1997	Just in Time	Photographer	Cameo appearance
2000	The Famous Jett Jackson		TV Show
2002	Big Fat Liar	Wolf Party Guest	Cameo appearance
2002	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2003	Just Married
2003	Cheaper by the Dozen	Press Room Reporter	Cameo appearance
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Hospital Intern	Cameo appearance
2006	The Pink Panther
2006	Night at the Museum
2008	What Happens in Vegas
2008	The Rocker
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Guy in Commercial	Cameo appearance
2009	The Pink Panther 2		Executive producer only
2010	Date Night
2011	Real Steel
2012	The Watch
2012	The Spectacular Now
2013	The Internship
2014	Night at the Museum 3
TBA	This is Where I Leave You
	Untitled Sesame Street movie

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)	Date Night (2010)	The Internship (2013)	This is Where I Leave You (TBA)
Rose Byrne
Steve Coogan
Tina Fey
Timmy Fitzpatrick
Ricky Gervais
Amy Hill
Taran Killam
Ashton Kutcher
Shawn Levy
Steve Martin
Ted Rooney
Ben Stiller
Robin Williams
Owen Wilson

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