David Hamburg: films, projects

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

David Hamburg is a talented producer, director, screenwriter, with whom actors not only from America, but also from Russia and Belarus love to work.

American producer

David Hamburg was born in 1950 in Riga, the capital of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. On August 6, he saw the light. His parents moved to America, and here he began his professional career.

A professional at his job, David taught Robin Williams how to speak Russian on the set of Moscow on the Hudson. Such fruitful lessons led to the fact that Hamburg became a kind of acting teacher for this famous professional actor. Their close relationship soon grew into a strong friendship. After finishing participating in the filming of Moscow on the Hudson, Williams immediately invited his new friend to participate in the next film, which tells about baseball. In addition to Robin, David Hamburg worked on the acting images of Arnold Schwarzenegger - "iron" Arnie, commando Dolph Lundgren and many other American movie stars.

Except for working withactors, a successful director took part in the creation of a reality show. Teaming up with other creative people, David shoots the series "Cops". This work, as a documentary chronicle, told about every minute police work. The project was so popular that it is still shown today on the FOX television channel. Then the following projects appeared in the screenwriter's head. David Hamburg decided to create a unique film about submarines. For thirty years these submarines were in a constant race after each other. David visited these submarines before starting work and felt the full power of them.

TV series and films by David Hamburg are popular not only in Russia, but also abroad. "Leningrad" and "Petrovich", "The court is coming" and "XX century. Russian Secrets”, “Ice Age” and “Two Blondes Against Dirt” - this is just a small list of those works to which the producer and director put their talented hand.

Return to Russia

The end of the eighties was marked by changes that opened up the Iron Curtain. David begins his production activities back in the days of the Soviet Union. He comes to Russia, where he was offered to become a co-producer of the first joint work of filmmakers from America and the USSR called "Stalingrad".

After visiting Russia, Hamburg shoots a separate work for the American series "Cops", which tells about the everyday life of the Soviet police. Also for NBC, the successful producer is making a two-hour documentary about the government committee.security. This film was called "From Inside the KGB".

Due to the success of the series "Cops", David turns to the leadership of the NTV channel, proposing to create a similar project about Russian criminals about real criminal stories, real thieves in law. To begin with, it was necessary to shoot a trial seven episodes. However, even the experienced David Hamburg could not predict such public interest in this project. "Criminal Russia", as well as the next part "Criminal Chronicles" and the final stage of the series "Criminal Russia. Denouement”, aired for ten years.

Interception

Hamburg's creative ideas are striking in their diversity. While working on crime stories, the master thought about producing programs that would show in real time the work of Russian policemen searching for a stolen car. The car thieves will try their best to escape from persecution, and the policemen must use their professional skills and stop the criminals. In America, a reality show of this format was very popular. However, the economic crisis in 1998 did not allow Interception to develop, and David had to sell his rights to this project.

Fugitive

Producer produces a new creative idea. The Fugitive project with host Nikolai Fomenko was supposed to be released on Channel One in 2003. The idea was similar to a similar American television product. The participants who passed the casting in Moscow are divided into three subgroups. Two fugitives run away from six hunters. The goal of the fleeingpeople to reach the goal, and as a reward he will receive money and fame. Equipped with the latest technology, hunters pursue the fugitives. Navigators help hunters catch up with fugitives. On the way to the finish line, there are intermediate stages, reaching which the fugitives earn a certain amount of money. Any hunter who “killed” a fugitive took his earnings. However, this project was not destined to be released.

David Hamburg has three renovation projects, seven films and television series, four acting jobs, twelve other diverse television and reality shows. However, this talented person and high-class professional is not going to stop there.