
John Hamburg
Birthday: 26 May 1970, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: John Liman Hamburg
Height: 180 cm
John Hamburg was born on May 26, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA as John Liman Hamburg. He is a writer and director, known for I Love You, Man (2009), Along Came Polly (2004) and Why Him? (2016). ...Show More

I was a history major, but that was because it took the fewest requirements of any major. In my soph Show more
I was a history major, but that was because it took the fewest requirements of any major. In my sophomore year I started getting back into making movies. My senior year I took playwriting classes, and I feel like that's where I learned to be a writer. I started to write monologues, and that was great because that got me really deeply into characters. Hide
A movie like The Apartment is beautifully directed, but you can't put your finger on why it's such a Show more
A movie like The Apartment is beautifully directed, but you can't put your finger on why it's such a good movie. It just is, because of all these things that Billy Wilder is subtly doing. That level of filmmaking is something I aspire to. Hide
Regarding Along Came Polly (2004): "It's an amazing cast. I managed to fool a lot of people. You kno Show more
Regarding Along Came Polly (2004): "It's an amazing cast. I managed to fool a lot of people. You know, I'm very good at lying and cheating my way through meetings and I got a studio to give me a lot of money to make this movie. So it's pretty good. [NBC News interview, January 30, 2003] Hide
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