| Akiva Schaffer | |
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| Born | December 1, 1977 Berkeley, California |
Akiva Schaffer (born December 1, 1977) is a current writer for Saturday Night Live, Emmy-winning songwriter and a member of The Lonely Island, a sketch comedy group originating on the Internet that includes SNL featured player Andy Samberg and SNL writer Jorma Taccone. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18 1978 is an American stand-up comic, and member of comedy group The Lonely Island. Jorma C Taccone (born March 19, 1977) is an American comedy writer/actor He majored in film at UC Santa Cruz.
Akiva directs, co-writes, and edits the majority of SNL Digital Shorts. SNL Digital Shorts are short video segments created for airing on NBC 's Saturday Night Live. He was the director for Lazy Sunday, "The Natalie Portman Rap", "Dick in a Box", "Peyton Manning For The United Way", "Iran So Far" and many others. Lazy Sunday is a Music video starring Saturday Night Live cast members Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg and " Dick in a Box " is an Emmy -winning Saturday Night Live digital short featuring Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg He also directed the feature length film, Hot Rod, starring Samberg and Taccone.
On the internet, Schaffer directed The Lonely Island's The 'Bu, the group's record-breaking contribution to Channel 101. Channel 101 is a short film festival (usually monthly in Los Angeles created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab where participants submit a short film in The 'Bu, a parody of The OC, also starred Sarah Chalke (Roseanne, Scrubs) as Melissa as well as Samberg and Taccone. This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California. Sarah Cassandra Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian - American Television Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. Schaffer has also contributed to several other Channel 101 productions as part of The Lonely Island. Channel 101 is a short film festival (usually monthly in Los Angeles created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab where participants submit a short film in
Schaffer has directed three music videos for the band We Are Scientists and one for Eagles of Death Metal. We Are Scientists is an American band, formed in 2000 featuring Keith Murray ( Guitar and lead vocals) Chris Cain Eagles of Death Metal ( EoDM) is an American band formed by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Schaffer also directed the film Hot Rod (film), which was produced by Lorne Michaels. Hot Rod is a Paramount Pictures movie written by Pam Brady and directed by Akiva Schaffer; starring Andy Samberg, Sissy Spacek Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian -American Emmy -winning television producer, In 2007, Schaffer won an Emmy for his participation in the production of "Dick in a Box. "