David Hamburg is a talented producer, director, screenwriter, with whom actors from not only America, but also Russia and Belarus like to work.
American producer
David Hamburg was born in 1950 in the capital of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic of Riga. On August 6, he saw the light. Parents moved to America, and here he began his professional career.
A professional in his field, David taught Robin Williams to speak Russian on the set of the film Moscow on the Hudson. Such fruitful lessons led to the fact that Hamburg for this famous professional actor became a kind of acting teacher. Their close communication soon grew into a strong friendship. After graduating from the filming of “Moscow on the Hudson,” Williams immediately invited his new friend to participate in the next film, which talks about baseball. In addition to Robin, David Hamburg worked on the cast of Arnold Schwarzenegger - the “iron” Arnie, commando Dolph Lundgren and many other American movie stars.
In addition to working with actors, a successful director took part in the creation of a reality show. Teaming up with other creative people, David is filming the Cops series. This work, as a documentary chronicle, spoke about the every minute police work. The project was so popular that it is shown today on the television channel FOX. Then the following projects appeared in the scriptwriter's head. David Hamburg decided to create a unique film about submarines. These submarines thirty years were in a constant race one after another. Before starting work, David visited these submarines and felt the full power of them.
Series and films by David Hamburg are popular not only in Russia, but also abroad. “Leningrad” and “Petrovich”, “Court is coming” and “XX century. Russian Secrets ”,“ Ice Age ”and“ Two Blondes Against Dirt ”- this is only a small list of those works to which the producer and director had their talented hand.
Return to Russia
The end of the eighties was marked by changes that opened the Iron Curtain. David begins his production activities 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 of America and the USSR under the name "Stalingrad".
Having been in Russia, Hamburg removes a separate work for the American series "Cops", which tells about the everyday life of the Soviet police. Also, for the NBC channel, a successful producer makes a two-hour documentary that tells about the State Security Committee. This film was called "Inside the KGB."
Due to the success of the series “Cops”, David turns to the NTV channel management, proposing to create a similar project about Russian criminals about real criminal stories, real thieves in law. To begin with, it was necessary to remove the trial seven series. However, even the experienced David Hamburg could not predict such public interest in this project. “Criminal Russia”, as well as the next part of “Criminal Chronicles” and the final stage of the series “Criminal Russia. Interchange ”, broadcast ten years.
"Intercept"
Hamburg's creative ideas are striking in their diversity. While working on crime scenes, the master thought about producing transmissions that would show in real time the work of Russian police officers searching for a stolen car. Car thieves will try their best to escape persecution, and police should 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 prevented Interception from developing, and David had to sell his rights to this project.
"Fugitive"
The producer produces a new creative idea. The Fugitive project with host Nikolai Fomenko was due to go on Channel One in 2003. The idea was like a similar product of American television. The casting participants in Moscow are divided into three subgroups. Two fugitives run away from six hunters. The goal of fleeing people to reach their goal, and in return he will receive money and glory. Outfitted with the latest technology hunters chase the fugitives. Navigators help hunters catch up with the fugitives. On the way to the finish line there are intermediate stages, upon reaching which the fugitives earn a certain amount of money. Any hunter who "killed" the fugitive took his earned money. However, this project was not destined to enter the screens.
Behind David Hamburg, three repair projects, seven films and television series, four acting works, twelve other diverse television shows and reality shows. However, this talented person and a high-class professional are not going to stop there.