Who directed the Stranger Things season 4 episode Dear Billy?

Shawn Levy directed the Stranger Things season 4 episode “Dear Billy.”

“Dear Billy” is the fourth episode of season four and the 29th episode of the series overall. It was written by Paul Dichter and released on May 27, 2022, as part of the season’s first volume. The episode follows Max Mayfield as Vecna targets her through her grief over Billy’s death.

Levy’s direction helped give the episode its distinctive emotional and visual style. Its best-known sequence shows Max escaping Vecna’s psychic prison while Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” plays. The episode also includes Nancy and Robin’s investigation of Victor Creel at Pennhurst Mental Hospital and Hopper’s storyline in the Soviet prison camp.

Shawn Levy is not one of the Duffer brothers, who created the series, but he is a major executive producer and a frequent director on Stranger Things. That distinction causes some confusion. Ross and Matt Duffer directed several episodes elsewhere in the series, while Nimród Antal directed other season-four installments. “Dear Billy” specifically belongs to Levy’s directing credits.