John Liman Hamburg (born May 26, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
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. 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.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes1996TickShort film1998Safe Men2000Meet the Parents 2001Zoolander 2004Meet the Fockers Along Came Polly 2009I Love You, Man 2010Little FockersNominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay2015Drunk Wedding 2016Zoolander 2 2016Why Him? 2018Night School 2022Me Time 2026Focker-in-LawPost-production
Acting roles Year Title Role1998Safe MenPhilip2003DuplexMr. Friedman
Television Year TitleDirectorExecutiveProducer Notes2001–2003Undeclared 3 episodes2005Stella 2 episodes2008Welcome to the CaptainDirected 3 episodes2011New GirlEpisode "Cece Crashes"2015The GrinderEpisode "Little Mitchard No More"2015Good SessionTV movie2019–2021The UnicornDirected 4 episodes2025Stick1 episode
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