Biography
John Liman Hamburg (born May 26, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hamburg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Meet the Parents 4
2026
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The fourth installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.
Me Time
2022
Writer, Director, Producer
With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventur...
Night School
2018
Writer
Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend nigh...
Why Him?
2016
Director, Executive Producer, Story
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
Zoolander 2
2016
Writer
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
Little Fockers
2010
Writer, Producer
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. A...
I Love You, Man
2009
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that...
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter John Hamburg
2006
as Himself
Hamburg wrote and directed the crime comedy Safe Men, which played at Sundance and spawned a devoted cult following. A sure-thing comedy closer, the N...
Meet the Fockers
2004
Screenplay
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focke...
Along Came Polly
2004
Director, Writer
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the mome...
Duplex
2003
as Mr. Friedman
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
Cinematography
STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black....
Zoolander
2001
Screenplay
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's...
Meet the Parents
2000
Screenplay
Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent...
Safe Men
1998
as Philip
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...
Safe Men
1998
Director, Writer
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...
Tick
1996
Director, Writer, Editor
A brisk look into the lives of two bomb diffusers. John Hamburg's student film.
Dr.Rapp
N/A
Screenplay, Director
Dr. Sherman Hershfield, a respected neurologist from Beverly Hills who practiced medicine in the San Fernando Valley. When Hershfield suffered a strok...