[5] He studied at the Art faculty of the Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical University and joined Soyuzmultfilm in 1955 where he worked as an animator.
Gamburg became one of the first Soviet directors to work in the genre of parody film with cartoons such as Passion of Spies (1967), Robbery, ...
[6] In 1976 he directed a Blue Puppy animated musical film with the main character also being a parody of Charlie Chaplin.
It was noted for an innovative art style, with characters drawn using spots of colored India ink which allowed for a variety of shapeshifting effects.
[6] The songs were performed by Alisa Freindlich, Andrei Mironov and Mikhail Boyarsky, some of the leading actors of their time.