Akiva Schaffer
- Directing
- December 1, 1977 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- The Naked Gun · Additional Voices (Voice), Director
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Self Reliance · Executive producer
- Digman! · Executive producer
- Scream VI · Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story · Alice Cooper
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · Various Characters (Voice), Director
- I Used to Go Here · Producer
- Palm Springs · Producer
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience · Mark McGwire, Editing
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson · Director, Executive producer
- PEN15 · Executive producer
- 7 Splinters in Time · McFly
- Alone Together · Executive producer
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Brigsby Bear · Producer
- Tour de Pharmacy · Recording Supervision
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special · Alan, Director
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · Lawrence Dunn, Director
- Party Over Here · Executive producer
- An SNL Valentine · Director
- Neighbors · Toga #2
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Lego Movie · Songs
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Brett Booth, Director
- Grown Ups 2 · Male Cheerleader
- The Watch · Casual Wanker #3, Director
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- MacGruber · Executive producer
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again · Self
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas · Director
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · Director
- Extreme Movie · Writer
- Water and Power · Ambassador
- Laser cats 3 · Director, Writer
- Hot Rod · Derrick (uncredited), Director
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! · Self
- Laser Cats 2 · Director, Writer
- Fighting neighbors
- Laser Cats! · Director
- Awesometown · Self, Writer
- Awesometown
- Football Town · Walt Rice, Writer
- House of Cosbys · Cosby Team TriOsby (Voice)
- The 'Bu · Self, Director
- Regarding Ardy · Kiv, Editing
- White Power · Kiv, Producer
- Saturday Night Live · Self, Bad Guy (uncredited)
- Hot Seat
- Anger Managment
- Peppers
- The Robots Go Crazy · Producer
- Spy Guys · Producer
- DNA · Producer
- Stepsisters · Director
- We're So Bad · Writer, Co-producer
- Sunset P.I. · Director, Executive producer