John Hamburg

John Hamburg (born May 26, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He is best known for writing the three Meet the Parents movies for Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures (third film for both Universal and Paramount) and Paradoria and Imagimals for Universal Animation and directing I Love You, Man and Why Him?

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 for Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. In 2009, Hamburg wrote and directed the hit comedy I Love You, Man. In 2010, he wrote the second sequel to Meet the Parents, entitled Little Fockers, for Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Hamburg later co-wrote the Warner Bros./MGM animated film Swan Dream Pool in 2011. Hamburg later wrote the Paramount/Frenzy/Nickelodeon Movies animated sequel Wild Forest: Circus Getaway in 2013.

In 2015, Hamburg co-wrote the Universal animated film Paradoria, which grossed over $1.1 billion on a budget of $103 million. 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 2017, Hamburg co-wrote another Universal animated film Imagimals, which grossed over $1 billion at the box office compared to a $110 million budget.