Akiva Schaffer
Born in Berkeley, California, USA — Dec 01 1977
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Biography
Akiva Schaffer (born December 1, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live and a member of The Lonely Island, a sketch-comedy troupe that first found success on the Internet, which includes Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He majored in film at University of California, Santa Cruz. He is best known for directing the films Hot Rod (2007), Popstar (2016), and the reboot of The Naked Gun (2025).
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brett Booth
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Scream VI
Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
Alone Together
Production
The Naked Gun
Additional Voices (voice)
PEN15
Production
Digman!
Production
Grown Ups 2
Male Cheerleader
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Directing
The Lego Movie
Sound
Palm Springs
Production
Water and Power
Ambassador
Neighbors
Toga #2
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Various Characters (voice)
Hot Rod
Derrick (uncredited)
The Watch
Casual Wanker #3
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Alice Cooper
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Lawrence Dunn
House of Cosbys
Cosby Team TriOsby (voice)
The 'Bu
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Extreme Movie
Writing
MacGruber
Production
Tour de Pharmacy
Sound
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Writer / Self - Director
Brigsby Bear
Production
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Directing
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Directing
Party Over Here
Production
I Used to Go Here
Production
Self Reliance
Production
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Self
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Alan
Regarding Ardy
Kiv
DNA
Production
Awesometown
Self
The Robots Go Crazy
Production
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
Mark McGwire
Awesometown
Football Town
Walt Rice
White Power
Kiv
Stepsisters
Directing
7 Splinters in Time
McFly
Spy Guys
Production
Fighting neighbors
Peppers
Anger Managment
Hot Seat