Akiva Schaffer
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).
Filmography (33)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
The Naked Gun
Scream VI
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
7 Splinters in Time
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Neighbors
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Grown Ups 2
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Watch- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Water and Power
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Hot Rod- Fighting neighbors
Awesometown
Awesometown
House of Cosbys
Football Town
The 'Bu
Regarding Ardy- White Power
Saturday Night Live- Anger Managment
- Hot Seat
- Peppers
Crew (21)
- Self Reliance
- Digman!
- Palm Springs
- I Used to Go Here
- PEN15
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
- Alone Together
- Brigsby Bear
- Tour de Pharmacy
- Party Over Here
- The Lego Movie
- MacGruber
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
- Extreme Movie
- Laser Cats!
- The Robots Go Crazy
- Spy Guys
- DNA
- Stepsisters
- Sunset P.I.