Director SHAWN LEVY’s most recent film, “Just Married,” starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy, grossed over $100 million in worldwide box office. Produced by Robert Simonds for Twentieth Century Fox, the film was number-one at the box office its opening weekend. In 2002, he directed the hit family comedy “Big Fat Liar” for Universal with Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes.
Levy directed “The Famous Jett Jackson Movie” for the Disney Channel. It was the network’s highest rated movie and followed the hit series executive produced by Levy. Other television credits include “Do Over” and “Birds of Prey” for the WB, as well as the pilots for the Disney Channel’s “So Weird” and “In A Heartbeat,” both of which became series. Levy directed over a dozen shows for Nickelodeon, including “The Secret World of Alex Mack,” for which he received a nomination by the DGA for best family-genre television directing of the year.
Levy was educated at Yale University, from which he graduated with honors at the age of 20. He later received his Masters Degree from USC Film School, and began his directing career with the short film “Broken Record.” The short went on to win the Gold Plaque at the Chicago Film Festival, in addition to receiving honors from the Director’s Guild of America.
Levy is in development for “Man on Third” for MGM, and for “Overtime” and “Wonder Twins” for Warner Bros.
Movie Database
In Theaters
(173 votes)
(134 votes)
(68 votes)
(35 votes)
(2 votes)