FILM DIRECTOR

Shawn Levy

1968 - Today

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Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Levy has received more than 6,083,759 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shawn Levy is the 1,134th most popular film director (down from 935th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 326th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Canadian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shawn Levy ranks 1,134 out of 2,041. Before him are Alan Taylor, Rex Ingram, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Luis Alcoriza, Maurice Cloche, and Pete Docter. After him are Wally Pfister, Alan Ball, Ron Clements, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Guru Dutt, and Oleg Sentsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Shawn Levy ranks 217. Before him are Ľuboš Micheľ, Wendelin Werner, Edward Burns, Yevgeny Shevchuk, Pete Docter, and Eagle-Eye Cherry. After him are Carlos Latuff, Ken Akamatsu, Cheb Hasni, Nadia Calviño, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Oleh Tyahnybok.

Others Born in 1968

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Shawn Levy ranks 392 out of 1,622. Before him are Jack Pickford (1896), Marie-Josée Croze (1970), Alannah Myles (1958), Grimes (1988), Harold Russell (1914), and Jacques Parizeau (1930). After him are Ted Cruz (1970), Shirley Douglas (1934), John Qualen (1899), Owen Hargreaves (1981), Grant Allen (1848), and Alex Lifeson (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Shawn Levy ranks 19. Before him are Paul Haggis (1953), Michel Brault (1928), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), and David Furnish (1962). After him are Sidney Olcott (1872), Robert Lepage (1957), Roger Avary (1965), Elmer Clifton (1890), Brad Wright (1961), and Jason Reitman (1977).

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Filmography

Stranger Things
Director
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
8.601 / 10
Night at the Museum
Director
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
Dec 20o 20066.6 / 10
Free Guy
Director
A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.
Aug 11o 20217.5 / 10