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Akiva Schaffer

Directing

  • Born
  • December 1, 1977
  • Place of birth
  • Berkeley, California, USA

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).

As actor 33

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Saturday Night Live poster
Saturday Night Live
1975
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Scream VI poster
Scream VI
2023
Grown Ups 2 poster
Grown Ups 2
2013
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
The Naked Gun poster
The Naked Gun
2025
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
The Watch poster
The Watch
2012
Neighbors poster
Neighbors
2014
Hot Rod poster
Hot Rod
2007
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers poster
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping poster
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Water and Power poster
Water and Power
2008
House of Cosbys poster
House of Cosbys
2005
The 'Bu poster
The 'Bu
2003
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special poster
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
Awesometown poster
Awesometown
2006
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
Regarding Ardy poster
Regarding Ardy
2003
Football Town poster
Football Town
2005
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience poster
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
7 Splinters in Time poster
7 Splinters in Time
2018
Awesometown poster
Awesometown
2006
White Power poster
White Power
2001
Anger Managment
Fighting neighbors
2007
Peppers
Hot Seat

On the crew 35

Saturday Night Live poster
Saturday Night Live
1975
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
The Naked Gun poster
The Naked Gun
2025
The Lego Movie poster
The Lego Movie
2014
Palm Springs poster
Palm Springs
2020
PEN15 poster
PEN15
2019
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson poster
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
The Watch poster
The Watch
2012
Digman! poster
Digman!
2023
Hot Rod poster
Hot Rod
2007
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers poster
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
Alone Together poster
Alone Together
2018
Self Reliance poster
Self Reliance
2024
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping poster
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Extreme Movie poster
Extreme Movie
2008
MacGruber poster
MacGruber
2010
Tour de Pharmacy poster
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
The 'Bu poster
The 'Bu
2003
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas poster
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Party Over Here poster
Party Over Here
2016
Brigsby Bear poster
Brigsby Bear
2017
Laser Cats!
2006
I Used to Go Here poster
I Used to Go Here
2020
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special poster
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
Awesometown poster
Awesometown
2006
Sunset P.I.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler poster
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
DNA
Regarding Ardy poster
Regarding Ardy
2003
Stepsisters
Football Town poster
Football Town
2005
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience poster
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
White Power poster
White Power
2001
The Robots Go Crazy
Spy Guys