Shawn Levy

This article is about the director and actor. For the American film critic, see Shawn Anthony Levy.

Shawn Levy
Born	July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15) [citation needed] Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Film director Film producer Actor
Years active	1986–present

Shawn Adam Levy (born July 15, 1968^{[citation needed]}) is a Canadian-American actor, director and 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 movie Real Steel. 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 is slated to produce the film Back Magick, written by Sahara Lotti,^{[citation needed]} and is producing the upcoming Will Ferrell comedy Neighborhood Watch, being directed by David Dobkin. He has also been announced as the director of The Hardy Men which is an adaptation of the Hardy Boys novels and it stars Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller; an action-comedy with Steve Carell and Tina Fey called Date Night and in 2009 was announced to be the director of How to Talk to Girls. He was a strong contender to direct the film adaptation of DC Comics superhero The Flash. It has also been announced he is producing a live-action/CG adaptation of The Berenstein Bears. On September 1, 2011 it been confirmed that he will be directing 20th Century’s Fox new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

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.

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.

Partial filmography

Director

• 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)

Actor

• Zombie Nightmare (1986) – Jim Bratten
• The Famous Jett Jackson (2000) – Producer
• Big Fat Liar (2002) – Wolf Party Guest
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) – Press Room Reporter
• Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) – Hospital Intern
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) – Guy in Commercial

Recurring collaborators

Actor	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)
John Cenatiempo				N			N
Timmy Fitzpatrick	N	N
Amy Hill	N		N
Taran Killam	N	N
Ashton Kutcher		N	N
Steve Martin			N	N
Ted Rooney	N		N
Ben Stiller					N	N
Robin Williams					N	N

External links

• Shawn Levy at the Internet Movie Database