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).
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TV Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8.2
Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.323
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7.44
House of Cosbys
6
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
5.929
Water And Power
5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.1
Saturday Night Live
7
Awesometown
0
The 'Bu
6
Movies
Scream VI
7
Grown Ups 2
6.1
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
6.999
Regarding Ardy
0
White Power
0
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
6.754
Anger Managment
0
Football Town
0
Fighting neighbors
0
Hot Seat
0
Peppers
0
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
6.613
Awesometown
7.385
Neighbors
6.187
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
6.2
7 Splinters in Time
4.5
Hot Rod
6.395
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
6.4
The Watch
5.594
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
7.833