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Jeff Schaffer
American screenwriter, producer and director
b. c. 1969Living
A television writer and director who, as a Seinfeld writer and executive producer, invented the Festivus pole for the 1997 episode "The Strike," turning a family in-joke into an enduring piece of American holiday culture. He went on to write and direct EuroTrip, co-write Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno and The Dictator, direct much of Curb Your Enthusiasm including its Seinfeld-reunion finale, and co-create The League and, with Dave Burd, the FXX series Dave.