Akiva Schaffer
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).
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1 December 1977
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Also Known As
The Lonely Island
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Scream VI
2023-03-08Actor
Grown Ups 2
2013-07-11Actor
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022-05-20Actor, Director
Regarding Ardy
2003-02-01Actor, Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
White Power
2001-12-01Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022-09-08Actor
Football Town
2005-12-28Actor, Writer, Director
Hot Seat
Fighting neighbors
2007-01-01
Anger Managment
Peppers
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016-06-03Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Awesometown
2006-01-23Actor, Writer, Director
Neighbors
2014-05-08Actor
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017-02-07Actor, Director, Executive Producer
7 Splinters in Time
2018-07-13Actor
Hot Rod
2007-08-03Actor, Director
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019-05-22Actor, Editor, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
The Watch
2012-07-26Actor, Director
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025-01-27Actor
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010-04-15Actor
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-09-17Actor, Director
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012-06-08Actor
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25Actor
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007-02-11Actor
House of Cosbys
2005-01-30Actor
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017-08-08Actor
Water And Power
2008-04-27Actor
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16Actor
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11Actor, Writer
Awesometown
2006-01-22
The 'Bu
2003-10-26Actor, Director, Creator
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009-04-18Director
The Naked Gun
2025-07-30Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Extreme Movie
2008-12-05Writer
Self Reliance
2024-01-03Executive Producer
Brigsby Bear
2017-07-27Producer
The Robots Go Crazy
Producer
Palm Springs
2020-07-10Producer
Spy Guys
Producer
I Used to Go Here
2020-09-17Producer
DNA
Producer
MacGruber
2010-05-21Executive Producer
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009-12-17Director
Party Over Here
2016-03-12Executive Producer
Alone Together
2018-01-10Executive Producer
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019-04-23Director, Executive Producer
PEN15
2019-02-08Executive Producer
Digman!
2023-03-22Executive Producer
The Meet Arnold Show
2019-02-09Creator
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