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Akiva Schaffer

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Akiva Schaffer

Born Dec 1, 1977 · 48 years54 titles 37 movies · 17 TV
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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).

Also known as

The Lonely Island

Born

Dec 1, 1977

Berkeley, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

33

Acting credits

20

Directing

9

Writing

23

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1975 1 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 4 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2025 2 title(s)

Undated 8 title(s)