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Actor
Akiva Schaffer
Directing1977Berkeley, 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).
Credits
54- 2025
The Naked Gunas Additional Voices (voice) · Director · Executive Producer · WriterMovie - 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Musicas Self - SNL Writer / Self - DirectorMovie - 2024
Self RelianceExecutive ProducerMovie - 2023
Digman!Executive Producer · 16 episodesTV show - 2023
Scream VIas Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)Movie - 2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Storyas Alice CooperMovie - 2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangersas Various Characters (voice) · DirectorMovie - 2020
I Used to Go HereProducerMovie - 2020
Palm SpringsProducerMovie - 2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experienceas Mark McGwire · Editor · Director · Executive Producer · WriterMovie - 2019
I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonDirector · 11 episodes · Executive Producer · 18 episodesTV show - 2019
PEN15Executive Producer · 25 episodesTV show
