John Hamburg

Birth Name:

John Liman Hamburg

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Director, Writer, Producer, Script department, Actor

The first film he directed, the short film "Tick," debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996
Attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
Graduated from Brown University with a degree in History
Best known as a writer, producer, and director of films like the "Meet the Parents" trilogy, "I Love You, Man," and "Along Came Polly․"
Chose the History major because it had the fewest requirements of any major at his university, and continued making films and taking playwriting classes
Has said that some of the family dynamics in the "Meet the Parents" trilogy comes from his own family relationships and experiences
His mother used to talk about him on her New York radio talk show "The Joan Hamburg Show․"

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