LEVY, Shawn

(Sean Levy, Shaun Levy)

PERSONAL

Education: Yale University, graduated; University of Southern California, M.F.A.

Addresses:

Office—Shawn Levy Productions, 3340 Ocean Park Blvd., Second Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—The Firm/AMG, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Bumble Ward and Associates, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 340, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Director, producer, writer, and actor. Shawn Levy Productions, Santa Monica, CA, principal and producer.

Awards, Honors:

Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in children's programs, 1998, for "Lies and Secrets," The Secret World of Alex Mack; Gemini Award, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best children's or youth fiction program or series, 2002, for The Famous Jett Jackson; Team Award (with others), Directors Guild of Canada, outstanding achievement in a television movie or miniseries for children, 2002, for Jett Jackson: The Movie; Golden Plaque, Chicago Film Festival, for Broken Record.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Director, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, multiple episodes, 1998–2001.

Executive producer, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 1999–2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Director and executive producer, Jett Jackson: The Movie, The Disney Channel, 2001.

Producer, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, PAX TV, 2002.

Television Director; Specials:

Dreams in the Golden Country, HBO, 1999.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Lies and Secrets," The Secret World of Alex Mack (also known as Alex Mack and Tajni zivot Alex Mack), Nickelodeon, 1997.

"Starwalk," The Journey of Allen Strange, Nickelodeon, 1997.

"Between Friends," Animorphs (also known as AniTV), Nickelodeon, 1998.

"Family Reunion," So Weird, The Disney Channel, 1999.

"The Leader: Parts 1 & 2," Animorphs (also known as AniTV), Nickelodeon, 1999.

"Marker 262," First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 1999.

"Block Party," Do Over, The WB, 2002.

"Nature of the Beast," Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.

Also directed episodes of Caitlin's Way, Nickelodeon; Cousin Skeeter, Nickelodeon; Dead Man's Gun, Showtime; and Lassie, Animal Planet.

Television Work; Pilots:

Director, In a Heartbeat, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Creator and executive producer, The Deerings, Fox, 2004.

Executive producer and director, Crash Course, Fox, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Greg, Miles to Go …, CBS, 1986.

Glenn Rivers, Liberace: Behind the Music, CBS, 1988.

Travis, Trouble Shooters: Trapped beneath the Earth, NBC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Lieutenant, "Dear China Beach," China Beach, ABC, 1989.

Specialist fourth class Budd Sills, "Thanks for the Memories," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1989.

Robert, "Good Sex, Some Sex, What Sex, No Sex," thirtysomething, ABC, 1990.

Specialist fourth class Budd Sills, "Three Cheers for the Orange, White, and Blue," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1990.

"Awomp–Bomp–Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1990.

Daniel, "Way–Off Broadway," Step by Step, ABC, 1993.

Howard Banchek, "A Night to Remember," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1993.

Producer, "Behind the Scenes," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Producer, "Heroes," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Producer, "What You Wish For," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2000.

(As Sean Levy) Guest, Punk'd, MTV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

J. J., Our Shining Moment, NBC, 1991.

Teddy McBride, Brotherhood of the Gun (also known as Hollister), CBS, 1991.

Film Director:

Address Unknown, 1997.

Just in Time, Leucadia Film, 1997.

Big Fat Liar (also known as Luegen haben kurze Beine), Universal, 2002.

Cheaper by the Dozen, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Just Married (also known as Voll verheiratet), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Father Knows Less, New Line Cinema, 2005.

The Pink Panther (also known as The Birth of the Pink Panther), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2005.

Car Wars, Warner Bros., 2006.

Director and producer of the short film Broken Record.

Film Appearances:

Jim, Zombie Nightmare, Shapiro–Glickenhaus Entertainment, 1987.

Paul, Wild Thing, Atlantic Releasing, 1987.

Terry, The Kiss, TriStar, 1988.

Dwayne, Made in America, Warner Bros., 1993.

Wolf party guest, Big Fat Liar (also known as Luegen haben kurze Beine), Universal, 2002.

Press room reporter, Cheaper by the Dozen, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Series:

The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, multiple episodes, 2000–2001.

Screenplays:

Father Knows Less, New Line Cinema, 2005.