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Akiva Schaffer

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Akiva Schaffer
'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' star Andy Samberg and director Akiva Schaffer reveal who's funniest, who has the oddest work habits, and who should come with a warning sign.
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Akiva Schaffer was born on 1 December 1977 in Berkeley, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Saturday Night Live (1975) and The Lego Movie (2014). He has been married to Liz Cackowski since 2010. They have two children.
BornDecember 1, 1977
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 wins & 22 nominations total

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    Known for

    Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    6.7
    • Writer
    • 2016
    Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Morgan Freeman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Billy Dee Williams, Will Ferrell, Chris McKay, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Alderson, Kristen Ariza, David Burrows, Charlie Day, Walt Dohrn, Will Forte, Danny Mann, Christopher Miller, Mike Mitchell, Shaquille O'Neal, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Chris Smith, Peter Sohn, Matthew Terry, Cobie Smulders, Keegan-Michael Key, Channing Tatum, Alison Brie, Keith Ferguson, Jorma Taccone, Jonah Hill, Craig Berry, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Kelly Lafferty, Chris Romano, Doug Nicholas, Todd Hansen, Jadon Sand, Melissa Sturm, Chris Paluszek, Leiki Veskimets, Amanda Farinos, Graham Miller, and Kristen Phaneuf in The Lego Movie (2014)
    The Lego Movie
    7.7
    • Soundtrack("Everything is Awesome (The Awesome!! Version)", "Everything is Awesome (Awesome Remixxx!!!)")
    • 2014
    White Power
    7.9
    TV Short
    • Writer(creator, as Kiv)
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Writer

    • The Naked Gun
      • written by
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)
      2019 Golden Globe Awards
      5.5
      TV Special
      • special material by
      • 2019
    • Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo in Alone Together (2018)
      Alone Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • creator
      • 2018
    • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
      Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
      6.7
      • written by
      • 2016
    • The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (2016)
      The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
      8.4
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
      Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
      8.1
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional sketch
      • writer
      • written by
      • 2005–2014
    • The Lonely Island: We'll Kill U (2011)
      The Lonely Island: We'll Kill U
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • The Lonely Island: Threw It on the Ground (2009)
      The Lonely Island: Threw It on the Ground
      7.8
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
      Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2008–2009
    • 2009 MTV Movie Awards (2009)
      2009 MTV Movie Awards
      5.8
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and T-Pain in The Lonely Island Feat. T-Pain: I'm on a Boat (2009)
      The Lonely Island Feat. T-Pain: I'm on a Boat
      7.8
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • The Lonely Island: We Like Sportz (2008)
      The Lonely Island: We Like Sportz
      6.6
      Music Video
      • Writer (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Matthew Lillard and Michael Cera in Extreme Movie (2008)
      Extreme Movie
      3.7
      • written by
      • 2008
    • Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer in Awesometown (2005)
      Awesometown
      7.8
      TV Short
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • Channy Awards (2005)
      Channy Awards
      6.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2005

    Director

    • The Naked Gun
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019)
      I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2023
    • Andy Samberg and John Mulaney in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
      Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
      6.9
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2022
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2021
    • A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day (2020)
      A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day
      6.5
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999)
      Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2019
    • Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer in The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
      The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
      6.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2018
    • SNL Presents: Halloween (2017)
      SNL Presents: Halloween
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Michael Bolton in Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
      Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
      6.7
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
      Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
      6.7
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2016
    • The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (2016)
      The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
      8.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • An SNL Valentine (2015)
      An SNL Valentine
      5.6
      TV Special
      • Director (clips)
      • 2015
    • SNL's NFL Saturday
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director (clips)
      • 2015
    • Lil Jon in Transformer (2014)
      Transformer
      Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • SNL Shorts (2014)
      SNL Shorts
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • Director (clips)
      • 2014

    Producer

    • The Naked Gun
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • MacGruber 2
      • producer
      • In Development
    • Sheltered
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Spy Guys
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019)
      I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019–2023
    • Andy Samberg, Tim Robinson, Mitra Jouhari, and Guz Khan in Digman! (2023)
      Digman!
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Anna Kendrick, Biff Wiff, Makini Manu, Andy Samberg, Jake Johnson, Tamra Brown, and Eduardo Franco in Self Reliance (2023)
      Self Reliance
      6.0
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle in PEN15 (2019)
      PEN15
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019–2021
    • Jemaine Clement and Gillian Jacobs in I Used to Go Here (2020)
      I Used to Go Here
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti in Palm Springs (2020)
      Palm Springs
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer in The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
      The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
      6.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • I'm Sorry (2017)
      I'm Sorry
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017–2019
    • Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo in Alone Together (2018)
      Alone Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Home for the Weekend (2017)
      Home for the Weekend
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Masa Kanome, Yumi Mizui, Chihiro Kawamura, T.J. Miller, and Tsubee U in The Gorburger Show (2017)
      The Gorburger Show
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Michael Bolton in Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
      Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
      6.7
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Kyle Mooney in Brigsby Bear (2017)
      Brigsby Bear
      7.3
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
      Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
      6.7
      • producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
      • 2016
    • The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (2016)
      The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
      8.4
      Music Video
      • producer
      • 2016
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos6

    Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer Answer Burning Questions
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    Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer Answer Burning Questions
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Clip 1:00
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Clip 1:00
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Clip 1:02
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Teaser
    Trailer 1:17
    Teaser
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Featurette 0:50
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    How to Make a Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
    Video 3:24
    How to Make a Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • The Lonely Island
    • Alternative names
      • The Dudes
    • Height
      • 5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
    • Born
      • December 1, 1977
      • Berkeley, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Liz Cackowski2010 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Directed the music video of the song "I Want You So Hard (Boys Bad News)" for the band Eagles Of Death Metal, off its album "Death by Sexy."

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    • Trivia
      One-third of the Lonely Island comedy team with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone.
    • Nickname
      • Kiv

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