Moscow State Pedagogical University
He studied at the Art faculty of the Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical University and joined Soyuzmultfilm in 1955 where he worked as an animator. He made his directorial debut in 1964, creating several "Fitil" episodes. 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, ... Style" (1978) and "Dog in Boots" (1981).