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Kabir Akhtar

  • Director
  • Editor
  • Producer
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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 4-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 three series, and has edited the pilot episode of ten series. Akhtar serves on the DGA's National Board, and has served three terms as Co-Chair of the DGA's Asian American Committee, plus several terms on the Television Academy's Peer Group Executive Committees.
BornJanuary 11, 1975
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
    Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
    7.9
    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
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Editor
    Linda Hamilton, Alan Tudyk, Elizabeth Bowen, Meredith Garretson, Corey Reynolds, Sara Tomko, Levi Fiehler, Alice Wetterlund, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
    Resident Alien
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director



    • Rose McIver, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Sheila Carrasco, Román Zaragoza, Devan Chandler Long, and Danielle Pinnock in Ghosts (2021)
      Ghosts
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Linda Hamilton, Alan Tudyk, Elizabeth Bowen, Meredith Garretson, Corey Reynolds, Sara Tomko, Levi Fiehler, Alice Wetterlund, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
      Resident Alien
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2024
    • Never Have I Ever (2020)
      Never Have I Ever
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2023
    • With Love (2021)
      With Love
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Primo (2023)
      Primo
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
      Young Sheldon
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2023
    • Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in So Help Me Todd (2022)
      So Help Me Todd
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Tony Hale, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
      The Mysterious Benedict Society
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Alyah Chanelle Scott, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Amrit Kaur, Pauline Chalamet, and Renika Williams in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
      The Sex Lives of College Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Elizabeth Berkley, John Michael Higgins, Mario Lopez, Belmont Cameli, Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Haskiri Velazquez, and Mitchell Hoog in Saved by the Bell (2020)
      Saved by the Bell
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Topher Grace, Karla Souza, Sasheer Zamata, Caitlin McGee, and Jimmy Tatro in Home Economics (2021)
      Home Economics
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)
      Superstore
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Walton Goggins, Omar Benson Miller, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, and Maya Lynne Robinson in The Unicorn (2019)
      The Unicorn
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2021
    • Madison Reyes in Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
      Julie and the Phantoms
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Kate Reinders, Adrian Lyles, Liamani Segura, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Saylor Bell Curda, Matt Cornett, Mark St. Cyr, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Joe Serafini, and Dara Reneé in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
      High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020

    Editor



    • AFP: American Fighter Pilot
      • Editor
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2002



    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
      Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2015–2019
    • Juliette Lewis, Ione Skye, Jennifer Garner, David Tennant, Janicza Bravo, Arturo Del Puerto, Chris Sullivan, and Bridget Everett in Camping (2018)
      Camping
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Zach Braff, Tiya Sircar, Elisha Henig, and Audyssie James in Alex, Inc. (2018)
      Alex, Inc.
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
      Speechless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo's (2015)
      Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo's
      6.7
      TV Special
      • Editor
      • 2015
    • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Damon Wayans Jr., Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
      New Girl
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2013–2015
    • Ashley Rickards in Awkward. (2011)
      Awkward.
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)
      Arrested Development
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2013
    • The Last Straw
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • Megawinner (2012)
      Megawinner
      TV Movie
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • Brand X with Russell Brand (2012)
      Brand X with Russell Brand
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2012
    • The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012)
      The 84th Annual Academy Awards
      7.1
      TV Special
      • Editor (opening film)
      • 2012
    • 4th and Forever (2011)
      4th and Forever
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2011
    • Marcel's Quantum Kitchen (2011)
      Marcel's Quantum Kitchen
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2011
    • Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer, and Brett Gelman in Eagleheart (2011)
      Eagleheart
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Editor
      • 2011

    Producer



    • Primo (2023)
      Primo
      8.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Alyah Chanelle Scott, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Amrit Kaur, Pauline Chalamet, and Renika Williams in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
      The Sex Lives of College Girls
      7.7
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2021
    • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
      Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
      7.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • associate producer
      • 2016–2019
    • Zach Braff, Tiya Sircar, Elisha Henig, and Audyssie James in Alex, Inc. (2018)
      Alex, Inc.
      5.7
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Vanished with Beth Holloway (2011)
      Vanished with Beth Holloway
      8.0
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2011
    • Rob Schneider in Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo (2005)
      Reel Comedy
      4.3
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2006
    • The Daily Show (1996)
      The Daily Show
      8.3
      TV Series
      • field producer
      • 2006
    • Inside Out: Joey Pants
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 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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