Akiva Schaffer

Directing · Born 1977-12-01 · 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

• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
• The Naked Gun (2025)
• Scream VI (2023)
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
• The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
• 7 Splinters in Time (2018)
• Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
• Neighbors (2014)
• Grown Ups 2 (2013)
• The Watch (2012)
• Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
• Fighting neighbors (2007)
• Hot Rod (2007)
• Awesometown (2006)
• Football Town (2005)
• Regarding Ardy (2003)
• White Power (2001)
• Anger Managment
• Hot Seat
• Peppers
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)