Jeff Schaffer was raised in Warren, Ohio. He attended Western Reserve
Academy and later Harvard University. After college, he wrote for
television and later the big screen. He worked on
Seinfeld (1989) first as a writer
and later as a producer. Learning greatly from
Larry David, Schaffer eventually
worked with him later on
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).
Schaffer and his wife Jackie produce
The League (2009), which he also
writes and directs.