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
8.209
Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7.426
House of Cosbys
6
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
5.8
Water And Power
5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.061
Saturday Night Live
7
Awesometown
0
The 'Bu
6
Movies
Scream VI
6.994
Grown Ups 2
6.141
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
7
White Power
0
Regarding Ardy
0
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
6.728
Football Town
0
The Lonely Island MTV Spring Break '88 - Highlight Reel 1
0
The Lonely Island MTV Spring Break '88 - Highlight Reel 2
0
Fighting neighbors
0
Anger Managment
0
Hot Seat
0
Peppers
0
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
6.615
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
6.392
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
6.3
The Watch
5.591
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
7.909
Computerman
0