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Akiva Schaffer
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American comedy writer, actor and film director
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Everything Is Awesome
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Film & TV
Berkeley, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Writer / Self - Director2025
- The Naked Gun — Additional Voices (voice)2025
- Scream VI — Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)2023
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers — Various Characters (voice)2022
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Alice Cooper2022
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience — Mark McGwire2019
- 7 Splinters in Time — McFly2018
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special — Alan2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self2017
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Lawrence Dunn2016
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977-12-01
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- 1,872
Akiva Schaffer (b. December 1, 1977) is an international supermodel and improvisational Christian comedian. He directed the highly controversial Orson Welles biopic Hot Rod in the summer of 2007. He is currently also in the vaudeville ensemble The Lonely Island, and he is a key grip on NBC's Saturday Night Live. He enjoys nachos, knitting and NASCAR. Much of his work is heavily derived from Paula Cole lyrics. Said Schaffer, "Paula Cole is everything to me. I do not feel complete without my dail
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berkeley
- Spouse
- Liz Cackowski
- Occupation
- singer
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Akiva Schaffer by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- Category:Films directed by Akiva Schaffer
- date of birth
- 1977-12-01
- Commons category
- Akiva Schaffer
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
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