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Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus

Directing
Born: Sep 10, 1958
From: Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits: 17 titles

Biography

Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting(1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box-office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again by directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as well as the drama The Help(2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
John Candy: I Like Me Self - Director, Home Alone 2025 7.854
Music by John Williams Self - Filmmaker 2024 8.012
Child Star Self - Director 2024 6.2
100 Years of Warner Bros. TV Self 2023 7.7
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Self 2022 7.311
Reunited Apart TV Self 2020 5.5
The Movies That Made Us TV Self 2019 7.244
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures Self 2014 7.0
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins Self 2014 7.0
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter Self 2012 6.6
Fog City Mavericks Self 2007 8.5
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' Self 2006 7.938
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter Self 2004 7.7
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Self 2004 7.015
Building a Scene 2003 5.0
Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers 2002
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Man in Toy Store (uncredited) 1992 6.785
Quick Facts
Known forDirecting
Credits17
Born1958
FromSpangler, Pennsylvania, USA