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      Akiva Schaffer

      Akiva Schaffer

      Highest Rated: 95% Palm Springs (2020)

      Lowest Rated: 16% The Watch (2012)

      Birthday: Dec 1, 1977

      Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA

      Although writer/director Akiva Schaffer attended film school at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he actually began collaborating with his comedic partners during his adolescence in Berkeley. In junior high, Schaffer concocted live comedy skits with fellow yuksters Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. These skits soon expanded into comedy shorts and music video parodies, work that was strong enough to win them an invitation to write material for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Jimmy Fallon was that year's host and was so struck by the group's material that he alerted "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels. In no time, Samberg became a cast member while Schaffer and Taccone joined the writing staff. Schaffer's creative control over his material is considerable, as he directs, co-writes, and edits the so-called "Digital Shorts," some of the most successful skits in recent "SNL" history. The 2005 short "Lazy Sunday," for instance, went on to score millions of hits on YouTube before its removal for copyright infringement. After the success of his short "SNL" material, Schaffer set his sights on feature films, directing the 2007 comedy "Hot Rod," which starred Samberg, Sissy Spacek, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, and Will Arnett. That same year, Schaffer won an Emmy for the "SNL Digital Short" "Dick in a Box" along with his collaborators Samberg, Taccone, and Justin Timberlake.

      Highest rated movies

      Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Neighbors
      The Watch

      Photos

      Party Over Here, Akiva Schaffer (L), Jorma Taccone (C), Andy Samberg (R), Suffragettes, Season 1, Ep. #1, 3/12/2016, ©FOX POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, from left: Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, 2016. ph: Glen Wilson/©Universal POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, l-r: director Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg on set, 2016. ph: Glen Wilson/©Universal POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, from left: producer Judd Apatow, director Akiva Schaffer, producer Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, on set, 2016. ph: Glen Wilson/©Universal POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, from left: Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, 2016. ph: Glen Wilson/©Universal Comedy Bang! Bang!, from left: Scott Aukerman, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, 'The Lonely Island Wear Holiday Sweaters & White Pants', Season 3, Ep. #20, 12/19/2014, ©IFC Comedy Bang! Bang!, from left: Scott Aukerman, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, 'The Lonely Island Wear Holiday Sweaters & White Pants', Season 3, Ep. #20, 12/19/2014, ©IFC HOT ROD, producer John Goldwyn, Andy Samberg, director Akiva Schaffer, on set, 2007. ©Paramount HOT ROD, producer Lorne Michaels, director Akiva Schaffer, on set, 2007. ©Paramount HOT ROD, Andy Samberg, producer Lorne Michaels, director Akiva Schaffer, on set, 2007. ©Paramount HOT ROD, Jorma Taccone, director Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, on set, 2007. ©Paramount POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, l-r: Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, 2016. ©Universal POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, Akiva Schaffer, 2016. ©Universal Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone at arrivals for POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING Premiere, AMC Loews Lincoln Square, New York, NY May 24, 2016. Photo By: Jason Smith/Everett Collection

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      72% 61% Self Reliance Executive Producer - 2023
      80% 79% Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Director - 2022
      95% 89% Palm Springs Producer - 2020
      No Score Yet 44% 7 Splinters in Time McFly (Character) - 2018
      83% 87% Brigsby Bear Producer $532.6K 2017
      79% 65% Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Lawrence (Character),
      Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer
      $9.4M 2016
      73% 63% Neighbors Toga 2 (Character) $150.1M 2014
      16% 39% The Watch Casual Wanker No. 3 (Character),
      Director
      $34.4M 2012
      47% 35% MacGruber Executive Producer $8.5M 2010
      No Score Yet 18% Extreme Movie Screenwriter - 2008
      39% 64% Hot Rod Director $13.9M 2007

      TV

      Credit
      97% 71% I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Executive Producer,
      Director
      2021 2023
      97% 86% PEN15 Executive Producer 2021
      75% 84% I'm Sorry Executive Producer 2019
      95% 88% Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brett Booth (Guest Star) 2018
      No Score Yet 92% Comedy Bang! Bang! Guest 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2016
      33% 50% Party Over Here Executive Producer 2016
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2011 2013
      No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Guest Star),
      Executive Producer,
      Writer
      2006-2011 2013