Shawn Anthony Levy

Shawn Anthony Levy (born October 22, 1961) is an American film critic, author, podcaster, and blogger.

Early life and education Levy was born in Brooklyn on October 22, 1961 to a Jewish family.

He was educated at Lawrence High School and the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Irvine.

Career Levy was the film critic of The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon, from 1997 to 2012 and of KGW-TV, Portland's NBC affiliate, from 2009 to 2016. He is a former Senior Editor of American Film and a former Associate Editor of Box Office. His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines in the United States and England including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Independent, Film Comment, Movieline, Premiere, and Sight & Sound.

Levy has written biographies of film actors Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, a history of the famed hotel Chateau Marmont, and books on pop culture scenes and phenomena such as the Rat Pack, 1950s film-making in Rome, and 1960s Swinging London. In 2023, his original narrative podcast, "Glitter and Might: The Lew Wasserman Story," was released by Audacy.

He is an active member of Portland's soccer community and serves on the board of Operation Pitch Invasion.