Writer-director John Hamburg who has worked primarily for Universal is jumping to DreamWorks Studios, inking a first-look deal that reunites him with DreamWorks chair-CEO Stacey Snider .

Two-year pact, effective immediately, also plants Hamburg at the same studio where frequent collaborator Ben Stiller has a first-look deal through his production shingle Red Hour Films (""Blades of Glory"").

Overall feature deal with Hamburg is for writing, directing and producing. Joining him in the yet-to-be named venture is Anders Bard.

Although Hamburg didn't have an official first-look deal with U, studio provided him office space and some overhead.

When she was chair of Universal, Snider worked with Hamburg on several pics, the most recent being ""Along Came Polly,"" released in 2004. Hamburg wrote and directed the romantic comedy, which starred Stiller and Jennifer Aniston.

Hamburg also was a co-writer on Stiller starrer ""Meet the Parents"" and follow-up ""Meet the Fockers,"" both co-productions between U and DreamWorks. The two laffers grossed more than $800 million worldwide.

""Having worked with John on three hit films at Universal, I know he tells stories with characters that audiences can embrace,"" Snider said.

Elsewhere, Hamburg and Stiller teamed on ""Zoolander,"" a Paramount Pictures release starring Stiller and co-written by Stiller, Drake Sather and Hamburg. Other previous credits include ""Safe Men,"" which Hamburg wrote and directed.

Hamburg is currently writing, producing and directing a half-hour comedy pilot ""The Captain"" for CBS. He's also developing two projects at Universal; ""The Troubleshooter,"" which he wrote and will direct for Working Title Films, and ""Secret Agent Men,"" which he'll produce.

Bard was an associate producer on ""Along Came Polly"" and is co-producing ""The Captain.""

Earlier this month, DreamWorks inked a two-year, first-look deal with producer Brian Robbins to produce and direct projects for the studio. In recent months, DreamWorks also inked first-look deals with Nina Jacobson and Ira Glass' ""This American Life.""

Hamburg is repped by Endeavor.

Source: Variety"