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Akiva Schaffer

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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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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Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer Answer Burning Questions
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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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BornDecember 1, 1977
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 9 wins & 22 nominations total

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Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Akiva Schaffer in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
John Goldwyn, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Hot Rod (2007)
Lorne Michaels and Akiva Schaffer in Hot Rod (2007)
Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Hot Rod (2007)
Lorne Michaels, Andy Samberg, and Akiva Schaffer in Hot Rod (2007)
Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island
Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island
Akiva Schaffer at an event for Palm Springs (2020)

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, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Charlie Day, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Channing Tatum, Alison Brie, and Jonah Hill 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
8.1
TV Short
  • Writer(creator, as Kiv)
  • 2001

Credits

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Writer

  • The Naked Gun
    • writer
    • Pre-production
  • Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)
    2019 Golden Globe Awards
    • special material by
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo in Alone Together (2018)
    Alone Together
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    • written by
    • 2016
  • The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (2016)
    The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
    • Writer
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • additional sketch
    • writer
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2014
  • The Lonely Island: We'll Kill U (2011)
    The Lonely Island: We'll Kill U
    • Writer
    • Music Video
    • 2011
  • The Lonely Island: Threw It on the Ground (2009)
    The Lonely Island: Threw It on the Ground
    • Writer
    • Music Video
    • 2009
  • Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (2008)
    Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2009
  • 2009 MTV Movie Awards (2009)
    2009 MTV Movie Awards
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 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
    • Writer
    • Music Video
    • 2009
  • The Lonely Island: We Like Sportz (2008)
    The Lonely Island: We Like Sportz
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • Music Video
    • 2008
  • Matthew Lillard and Michael Cera in Extreme Movie (2008)
    Extreme Movie
    • written by
    • 2008
  • Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer in Awesometown (2005)
    Awesometown
    • Writer
    • TV Short
    • 2005
  • Channy Awards (2005)
    Channy Awards
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2005

Director

  • The Naked Gun
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Andy Samberg and John Mulaney in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
    Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2022
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2021
  • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019)
    I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day (2020)
    A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2020
  • Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (1999)
    Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2019
  • Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer in The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience (2019)
    The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
    • Director
    • Short
    • 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
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2018
  • SNL Presents: Halloween (2017)
    SNL Presents: Halloween
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Michael Bolton in Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
    Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2017
  • Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and The Lonely Island in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
    Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    • Director
    • 2016
  • The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (2016)
    The Lonely Island: Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 2016
  • An SNL Valentine (2015)
    An SNL Valentine
    • Director (clips)
    • TV Special
    • 2015
  • SNL's NFL Saturday
    • Director (clips)
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • SNL Shorts (2014)
    SNL Shorts
    • Director (clips)
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Halloween
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2013

Producer

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

Videos6

Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer Answer Burning Questions
Clip 3:41
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 1:02
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."

Did you know

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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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