Akiva Schaffer

Known for DirectingBorn 1977-12-01 (age 48)Berkeley, California, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

PEN15

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Awesometown

House of Cosbys

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

The Lego Movie

Palm Springs

Awesometown

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Brigsby Bear

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Scream VI

Football Town

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Tour de Pharmacy

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Saturday Night Live

The Naked Gun

The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

Comedy Bang! Bang!

White Power

Hot Rod

Digman!

Grown Ups 2

Neighbors

Alone Together

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Self Reliance

The 'Bu

I Used to Go Here

The Watch

MacGruber

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Water and Power

7 Splinters in Time

Extreme Movie

Party Over Here

An SNL Valentine

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Laser cats 3

Fighting neighbors

Laser Cats 2

Laser Cats!