Shawn Levy
Also Known As: Shawn Adam Levy, ショーン・アダム・レヴィ, שון אדם לוי, ショーン レヴィ
Biography: Shawn Adam Levy (/ˈliːvaɪ/; born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned numerous genres, and his films as a director have grossed $3.5 billion worldwide. Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar (2002), Just Married (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and The Pink Panther (2006). He then found further success as the director of the first three films in the Night at the Museum film franchise (2006–14). In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night (2010), Real Steel (2011), and The Internship (2013), and developed several comedy television pilots. Executive produced the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy produced the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He has directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's four seasons and the Netflix limited series All the Light We CanNot See (2023). Levy has recently collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), with the latter emerging as his highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Levy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Birthday: July 23, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
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Wild Thing
Overview: A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-17
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The Vindicator
Overview: An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machine that, because of his programming must destroy anything that comes near him.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-14
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All Too Well: The Short Film
Overview: Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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The Kiss
Overview: After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-14
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Smoke Out
Overview: In this cinematic adventure, a close-knit group of friends sets out on a mission to experience the euphoria of marijuana. Their journey is riddled with challenges, from enduring painfully long waits for deliveries to dealing with suppliers whose reliability is questionable at best. Through a series of unexpected twists and turns, the film vividly depicts the friends' quest to secure and enjoy cannabis. It captures the authentic and releasable experiences, as well as the shared frustrations that often accompany the process of acquiring and indulging in weed. At its core, the narrative emphasizes the critical importance of a trustworthy connection and the reliability of their supplier, weaving an engaging and entertaining portrayal of the trials and triumphs encountered along the way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-30
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Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Overview: A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-03
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Zombie Nightmare
Overview: Tony Washington is killed by a gang of rampant trendy teenagers. Molly Mokembe is a voodoo lady who brings him back from the dead to seek revenge on his killers so he can rest in peace.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-13
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Brotherhood of the Gun
Overview: After the Civil War, rebel sharpshooter Zack Hollister joins Weir's outlaw gang. After a successful train robbery, he and his brother end up in a gunfight with Weir and his men. He escapes with a wound in his right arm, but his brother is killed. Recuperating he has to learn to shoot left-handed as he plans to avenge his brother's death.
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Lennon or McCartney
Overview: 550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Overview: Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-20
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Liberace: Behind the Music
Overview: A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Through a variety of his highs and lows, chaptered in TV-style format, Liberace's life from his early years through his death are chronicled.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Overview: A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-14
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Robin's Wish
Overview: The final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, focusing on his fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy body dementia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-23
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Overview: The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-24
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Big Fat Liar
Overview: After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-08
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Overview: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-21
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Miles to Go…
Overview: After discovering that her cancer has returned, Moira Browning launches a quiet campaign to find a potential replacement for herself in her family's life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-14
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The Internship
Overview: Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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Made in America
Overview: A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-06
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Overview: Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, and director Shawn Levy sit down and spill the proverbial beans about how "Deadpool & Wolverine" was conceived, carried to term, and then birthed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-12
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