Cao Hamburger

Carlos Imperio Hamburger (b. 1962, São Paulo), or, simply, Cao Hamburger, is a Brazilian scriptwriter and director of movies and TV. He is the creator of the Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (Castle Rá-Tim-Bum) series of programs for children in the TV Cultura of São Paulo, which gave origin also to a successful movie picture with the same title. Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum was one of the most succeful children shows to ever air in Brazil. He directed in 2006 another successful film, O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Férias ("The Year My Parents Went on Vacation"), partly based on his childhood memories.

Cao is son of physicists and University of São Paulo professors Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger, of Jewish-German origin, and Amélia Imperio Hamburger, of Italian origin.

Filmography

# O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Férias (2006), movie
# Filhos do Carnaval (2006) HBO TV series
# Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum, O Filme (1999), movie
# Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1995) TV series
# Frankenstein Punk (1986) - animation

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357463/ Cao Hamburger's bio at IMDB]