Shawn Levy Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Biography:: A filmmaker of youthful vigor and a penchant for lightweight, family-friendly comedies, Shawn Levy made a comfortable transition into features following success on television with efforts for The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Following his graduation with honors from Yale University at the age...Read More

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson

Synopsis: Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, the unfortunate night watchman who continues to encounter living and breathing museum exhibits in Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian, 20th Century Fox's tent-pole sequel from director Shawn Levy. Scott Frank, Robert Ben Garant, and Thomas Lennon Read More

5/22/09
The Pink Panther 2

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Alfred Molina

Synopsis: Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer reprise their roles from the first film, with John Cleese taking over acting duties from Kevin Kline as Dreyfuss Read More

2/13/09
The Seems

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy produces and directs this family-oriented fantasy adapted from the Bloomsbury book series concerning a glitch that occurs in the parallel universe where everything that humans take for granted is manufactured and designed. Upon realizing that the glitch may Read More

1/1/09
The Hardy Men

Crew: Director

Actors: Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller

Synopsis: Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise star as two amateur detectives who, after solving countless mysteries in their youth, have since grown up and made an unamiable split. When a perplexing crime is committed, the estranged pair reluctantly reunites to take on one last case. A Night at the Museum director Read More

2009
The Rocker

Crew: Producer

Actors: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Josh Gad, Teddy Geiger, Emma Stone

Synopsis: The Office star Rainn Wilson portrays a drummer who gets a second shot at fame after the band he recently quit suddenly shoots to the top of the charts in this Fox Atomic comedy co-starring Christina Applegate. Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) and Tom McNulty co-produce the feature penned by Wallace Wolodarsky Read More

8/20/08
What Happens in Vegas

Crew: Producer

Actors: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Treat Williams

Synopsis: Two strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) find themselves hitched after a wild night of Las Vegas shenanigans in this 20th Century Fox comedy. Jack Fuller (Kutcher) is a single Manhattanite who can never quite commit to a permanent, long-term relationship and repeatedly hears from his lovers Read More

5/9/08
Father Figure

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Director Shawn Levy presents this story of a prosperous single man who steps into a supportive role for his newly widowed sister and her children after a tragedy strikes in this Fox 2000 production. The screenplay is provided by Mark Friedman and The Station Agent's Tom McCarthy, with Levy Read More

1/1/08
The Way Back

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A teenage boy forms a friendship with the man who runs a local water park that instills him with the strength to reconnect with his mother and the courage to stand up to his bullying stepfather in Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy's semi-comedic coming-of-age drama. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Read More

1/1/08
Night at the Museum

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams

Synopsis: The new night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History finds that the job comes with more responsibility than he ever dreamed in this wild fantasy comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke. Larry Daley (Stiller) is a Read More

12/22/06
The Pink Panther

Crew: Director

Actors: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny

Synopsis: The world's most inept detective returns to the screen in this modern slapstick comedy. France's come-from-behind victory in the World Cup soccer championships turns tragic when the team's coach, Yves Gulant (Jason Statham), is murdered during a post-game celebration. Gulant's girlfriend, pop star Read More

2/10/06
Pepper Dennis [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: A vehicle for the dazzlingly beautiful Rebecca Romijn, the WB comedy drama Pepper Dennis cast the model-turned-actress as the title character, an up-and-coming news reporter for fictional Chicago TV station WEIE. Aspiring to anchor the station's top-rated news broadcast, Pepper Dennis was Read More

2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Crew: Producer

Actors: Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling

Synopsis: The jumbo-sized Baker family are back in this sequel to the 2003 box-office hit Cheaper by the Dozen. College football coach Tom Baker (Steve Martin) and his wife, author Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt), have decided its time they took their sizable brood of 12 children on a summer vacation, and so they Read More

12/21/05
Cheaper by the Dozen

Crew: Director

Actors: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff

Synopsis: Shawn Levy directs the family-oriented comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, a loose remake of the 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, which was itself based on a novel. Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate Baker (Bonnie Hunt) have made many sacrifices in their professional lives in order to raise their Read More

12/25/03
Just Married

Crew: Director

Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, David Moscow, Monet Mazur

Synopsis: Can a new marriage survive meddling friends, disapproving families, and some of the worst accommodations in Europe? That's the question posed in this broad comedy. Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) is a regular guy who likes sports and beer and tries to make ends meet working as a nighttime radio Read More

1/10/03
Big Fat Liar

Crew: Director

Actors: Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison

Synopsis: Former co-stars of the TV sitcom Head of the Class teamed up to write the story and script for this teen comedy. When junior high-school student Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) realizes that his class paper has been ripped off and turned into a hit motion picture called "Big Fat Liar," he takes Read More

2/8/02
In a Heartbeat [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Actors: Shawn Ashmore, Danso Gordon, Reagan Pasternak, Christopher Ralph

Synopsis: This television series follows the adventures of four teenagers who in their spare time help to serve their community as volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMT's). Hank (Danso Gordon), the son of a successful surgeon, is eager to prove that he has talents of his own. Jamie (Christopher Read More

2000
Address Unknown

Crew: Director

Actors: Kyle Howard, Johna Stewart, Patrick Renna, Corbin Allred, Michael Flynn

Synopsis: When Brian finds a decade-old letter marked with a rare postage stamp, he is inspired to solve the mystery of his father's death. Brian's best friend helps solve the puzzling case. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1997