Shawn Levy

Shawn Adam Levy is a Canadian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor, who founded the production company 21 Laps Entertainment in 2005. For Disney, he directed the Touchstone Pictures film Real Steel, which was released in 2011. He served as a producer for the 2014 comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the 2022 films Rosaline and Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, and the 2023 films The Boogeyman and Crater. He also directed the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie Jett Jackson: The Movie, the 2021 20th Century Studios film Free Guy, and episodes of The Famous Jett Jackson, So Weird, and In a Heartbeat. Additionally, he directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine.
Levy was born in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 majoring in Performing Arts. He received a MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1994. Being his career in acting, Levy appeared films, such as and , and he guest-starred on TV shows, including , , and . Eventually, he transitioned into directing and producing in the late 1990s while also making cameos in some of his projects.
Levy has directed several comedy films, such as , (2003), , , , and the . He also directed episodes of shows, including sitcoms like , , , , , , and .
He was also a producer for the -nominated film . Other productions he worked on include , , , , , , and .
==Filmography==
Feature films and television
Year 	Film / TV series 	Role
1998-2001	The Famous Jett Jackson 	Director, Executive Producer
2001 	Jett Jackson: The Movie 	Director, Executive Producer
2011 	Real Steel 	Director, Producer
2014 	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Producer
2021 	Free Guy 	Director, Producer
2022 	Cheaper by the Dozen 	Executive Producer
2022 	Rosaline 	Producer
2022 	Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again 	Producer
2023 	Crater 	Producer
2023 	The Boogeyman 	Producer
2024 	Deadpool & Wolverine 	Director, Producer, Co-writer
TBA 	Real Steel 	Executive Producer
TBA 	Club 33 	Producer
==Gallery==
Shawn Levy CinamaCon11.jpg|Shawn Levy speaks onstage at the 2011 CinemaCon.
Shawn Levy TIFF.jpg|Shawn Levy attending the 2014 Toronto International Film Fest.
Shawn Levy Alexander premiere.jpg|Shawn Levy at the premiere of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day in October 2014.
Shawn Levy SDCC.jpg|Shawn Levy speaks at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con.
Shawn Levy 70th_Emmys.jpg|Shawn Levy attending the 70th annual Emmy Awards in September 2018.
Shawn Levy NYCC19.jpg|Shawn Levy speaks at the 2019 New York Comic Con.
Deadpool & Wolverine - Behind the Scenes - Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.jpg|Shawn Levy behind the scenes of Deadpool & Wolverine.
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