Shawn Adam Levy (born 1968) is a
Canadian-
American director and
actor. Levy is the director of
Big Fat Liar,
Just Married,
Cheaper by the Dozen,
The Pink Panther,
Night at the Museum, and
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. He has also directed many television shows, including
Cousin Skeeter,
The Famous Jett Jackson and
Pepper Dennis.
He was born in Momtreal, Quebec. As a teenager, he attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in New York. Levy graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1989. 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; a black romance-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.
Levy's acting debut was in Zombie Nightmare, 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 is known professionally as Shawn Levy, but is not the same person as Shawn Anthony Levy, the American film critic and author who also signs his work as Shawn Levy.
He is also not related to fellow Canadian Eugene Levy.
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