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).

Filmography

• 2025The Naked Gun — Additional Voices (voice), Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2024Self Reliance — Executive Producer
• Digman! — Executive Producer
• 2023Scream VI — Subway Ghostface (voice) (uncredited)
• 2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers — Various Characters (voice), Director
• 2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Alice Cooper
• 2020I Used to Go Here — Producer
• 2020Palm Springs — Producer
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Director, Executive Producer
• PEN15 — Executive Producer
• 2019The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience — Mark McGwire, Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Writer
• 20187 Splinters in Time — McFly
• Alone Together — Executive Producer
• 2017Brigsby Bear — Producer
• 2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special — Alan, Director, Executive Producer
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — Recording Supervision
• Party Over Here — Executive Producer
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Lawrence Dunn, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2015An SNL Valentine — Director
• 2014Neighbors — Toga #2
• 2014The Lego Movie — Songs
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Brett Booth, Director
• 2013Grown Ups 2 — Male Cheerleader
• 2012The Watch — Casual Wanker #3, Director
• 2010MacGruber — Executive Producer
• 2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas — Director
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Director
• 2008Extreme Movie — Writer
• Water and Power — Ambassador
• 2007Fighting neighbors
• 2007Hot Rod — Derrick (uncredited), Director
• 2006Awesometown — Self, Director, Writer
• Awesometown
• 2006Laser Cats! — Director
• 2005Football Town — Walt Rice, Writer, Director
• House of Cosbys — Cosby Team TriOsby (voice)
• 2003Regarding Ardy — Kiv, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• The 'Bu — self, Director, Creator
• 2001White Power — Kiv, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Bad Guy (uncredited), DJ (uncredited), Kiv (uncredited), Guy Selling Guy (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Writer, Director
• Anger Managment
• DNA — Producer
• Hot Seat
• Peppers
• Spy Guys — Producer
• Stepsisters — Director
• Sunset P.I. — Director, Executive Producer
• The Robots Go Crazy — Producer

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Writer / Self - Director
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Self