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Kabir Akhtar

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  • Editor
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Kabir Akhtar won an Emmy for editing "Crazy Ex Girlfriend" during the 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on September 10, 2016 in Los Angele
Kabir Akhtar, ACE is an Emmy-winning director-editor whose work includes Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Never Have I Ever (2020), Arrested Development (2003), and Unsolved Mysteries (1987). A three-time Emmy nominee, he won the award for editing the pilot of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, becoming the first person of color to win in the category, while also working as a producer/director on that series. He has directed the pilot episode of two series, and has edited the pilot episode of ten series. Akhtar was recently elected to the DGA's National Board as First Alternate, and has served two terms as Co-Chair of the DGA's Asian American Committee and a four-year term on the Television Academy's Editors' Peer Group Executive Committee.
BornJanuary 11, 1975
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BornJanuary 11, 1975
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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Kabir Akhtar attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "Never Have I Ever" Season 3 on August 11, 2022 in Los Angeles
Kabir Akhtar and Santino Fontana present an award at the ACE Eddie Awards, 2016.
Kabir Akhtar, Richa Moorjani, Megan Suri, Lee Rodriguez, Lang Fisher attend the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's "Never Have I Ever" Season 2 on July 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California
Kabir Akhtar, Kathryn Burns, and Gabrielle Ruiz in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Kabir Akhtar
Pete Gardner, Kabir Akhtar, Paul Hewitt, Kathryn Burns, Vincent Rodriguez III, Gabrielle Ruiz, and Vella Lovell
Kabir Akhtar and Audrey Wauchope in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Kabir Akhtar and Kathryn Burns in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)

Known for

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
7.8
TV Series
  • Director
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Never Have I Ever
7.8
TV Series
  • Director
Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)
Arrested Development
8.7
TV Series
  • Editor
Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
Resident Alien
8.1
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Primo
    • Director
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2023
  • Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in So Help Me Todd (2022)
    So Help Me Todd
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Tony Hale, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
    The Mysterious Benedict Society
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
    Resident Alien
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Never Have I Ever (2020)
    Never Have I Ever
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2022
  • Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Amrit Kaur, and Pauline Chalamet in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
    The Sex Lives of College Girls
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • With Love (2021)
    With Love
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Saved by the Bell (2020)
    Saved by the Bell
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2021
  • Topher Grace, Karla Souza, Sasheer Zamata, Caitlin McGee, and Jimmy Tatro in Home Economics (2021)
    Home Economics
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)
    Superstore
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Walton Goggins, Omar Benson Miller, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, and Maya Lynne Robinson in The Unicorn (2019)
    The Unicorn
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • Madison Reyes in Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
    Julie and the Phantoms
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Adrian Lyles, Julia Lester, Saylor Bell, Meg Donnelly, Matt Cornett, Olivia Rodrigo, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, and Dara Reneé in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
    High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • BH90210 (2019)
    BH90210
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Yara Shahidi and Marcus Scribner in Grown-ish (2018)
    Grown-ish
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019

Editor

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • Juliette Lewis, Ione Skye, Jennifer Garner, David Tennant, Janicza Bravo, Arturo Del Puerto, Chris Sullivan, and Bridget Everett in Camping (2018)
    Camping
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Zach Braff, Tiya Sircar, Elisha Henig, and Audyssie James in Alex, Inc. (2018)
    Alex, Inc.
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
    Speechless
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo's (2015)
    Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo's
    • Editor
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
    New Girl
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Ashley Rickards in Awkward. (2011)
    Awkward.
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)
    Arrested Development
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Last Straw
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Megawinner (2012)
    Megawinner
    • Editor
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Brand X with Russell Brand (2012)
    Brand X with Russell Brand
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012)
    The 84th Annual Academy Awards
    • Editor (opening film)
    • TV Special
    • 2012
  • 4th and Forever (2011)
    4th and Forever
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Marcel's Quantum Kitchen (2011)
    Marcel's Quantum Kitchen
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer, and Brett Gelman in Eagleheart (2011)
    Eagleheart
    • Editor
    • TV Series
    • 2011

Producer

  • Primo
    • producer
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Amrit Kaur, and Pauline Chalamet in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
    The Sex Lives of College Girls
    • supervising producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    • associate producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2019
  • Zach Braff, Tiya Sircar, Elisha Henig, and Audyssie James in Alex, Inc. (2018)
    Alex, Inc.
    • co-producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Vanished with Beth Holloway (2011)
    Vanished with Beth Holloway
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Rob Schneider in Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo (2005)
    Reel Comedy
    • associate producer
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • The Daily Show (1996)
    The Daily Show
    • field producer
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Inside Out: Joey Pants
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2004

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  • Born
    • January 11, 1975
    • Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
  • Relatives
    • Farhan Akhtar(Cousin)

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    Nephew of Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi and Honey Irani. Cousin of Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar. Grandson of Jan Nissar Akhtar.

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