John Hamburg

John Liman Hamburg (born May 26, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer.

John Hamburg
Hamburg in 2010
Born	John Liman Hamberg (1970-05-26) May 26, 1970 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Spouse	Christina Kirk ​ (m. 2005)​

Personal life

Hamburg was born to a Jewish family in Manhattan, the son of New York City radio personality Joan Hamburg and Morton I. Hamburg. He graduated from Brown University in 1992 with a degree in history. He then attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Hamburg is married to actress Christina Kirk.

Career

After screening his 1996 short film Tick at the Sundance Film Festival, Hamburg wrote and directed the 1998 film Safe Men. Hamburg then found greater success co-writing Meet the Parents and Zoolander, and returned to the director's chair with Along Came Polly, which he also wrote. He also co-wrote the sequel Meet the Fockers. In 2009, Hamburg wrote and directed the hit comedy I Love You, Man. He wrote the second sequel to Meet the Parents, entitled Little Fockers.

In 2016, Hamburg co-wrote the sequel Zoolander 2, which grossed $56 million at the box office compared to a $50 million budget, and directed and co-wrote the comedy Why Him? for 20th Century Fox. In 2022, he wrote and directed the Netflix film Me Time starring Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Contribution					Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Role
1996	Tick	Yes	No	Yes	No		Short film
1998	Safe Men	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Philip	Feature film
2000	Meet The Parents	No	No	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Jim Herzfeld
2001	Zoolander	No	No	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Drake Sather and Ben Stiller
2003	Duplex	No	No	No	Yes	Mr. Friedman	Feature film
2004	Meet the Fockers	No	No	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Jim Herzfeld
2004	Along Came Polly	Yes	No	Yes	No		Feature film
2009	I Love You, Man	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Larry Levin
2010	Little Fockers	No	Yes	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Larry Stuckey; Nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
2015	Drunk Wedding	No	Yes	No	No		Feature film; Executive producer
2016	Zoolander 2	No	No	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-wrote with Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, and Nicholas Stoller
2016	Why Him?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Ian Helfer; Executive producer
2018	Night School	No	No	Yes	No		Feature film; Co-writer with Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells, Matthew Kellard, and Nicholas Stoller
2022	Me Time	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Contribution		Notes
		Director	Producer
2001–2003	Undeclared	Yes	No	Director of 3 episodes
2005	Stella	Yes	No	Director of 2 episodes
2008	Welcome to the Captain	Yes	Yes	Director of 3 episodes Executive Producer of 5 episodes
2011	New Girl	Yes	No	Director of Episode: "Cece Crashes"
2015	The Grinder	Yes	No	Director of Episode: "Little Mitchard No More"
2015	Good Session	Yes	Yes	Television Movie; Executive Producer
2019–2021	The Unicorn	Yes	Yes	Director of 4 episodes; Executive Producer

External links

• John Hamburg at IMDb