FILM DIRECTOR

Shawn Levy

1968 - Today

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Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things. Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar and Just Married before subsequently directing the Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum film franchises. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Levy has received more than 5,076,397 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

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shawn Levies by language

Over the past year Shawn Levy has had the most page views in the with 933,322 views, followed by Spanish (52,701), and Russian (47,597). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Vietnamese (375.09%), Catalan (105.07%), and Malagasy (73.98%)

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.

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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

Arrival
Director
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Nov 10o 20167.594 / 10
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.
8.616 / 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 20066.577 / 10