Kabir Akhtar

Kabir Akhtar (born January 11, 1975) is an American television director and editor. He is also the creator of The Tool Page [1], the oldest website dedicated to the band Tool.

Akhtar ran the website (also known as "toolshed") from 1994 to 2016; it predated many popular sites, including mainstays Google, YouTube, and Yahoo!. Akhtar and his site have gained some notoriety for being the source of several April Fools' Day pranks.

Akhtar's credits include work for Arrested Development, New Girl, The Daily Show, Unsolved Mysteries, Behind the Music, and the Academy Awards. He also directed the pilot episode of the MTV series 8th & Ocean, and the TV Diaries pilot for Fox.

In 2005, while directing for Comedy Central's The Showbiz Show with David Spade, he directed a short film at the Skywalker Ranch. The short, which starred Brian Posehn alongside Star Wars characters Darth Vader and Chewbacca, was reviewed favorably by StarWars.com as being "like nothing you've ever seen."

Akhtar also directed a series of shorts for Comedy Central starring Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale, which aired in 2006. Later that year, Akhtar was a guest on The Mediocre Show, where he was interviewed about his work and his association with Tool (see below). He also edited the opening film and several short films for the 78th Annual Academy Awards, which were well-reviewed.

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