Chris Columbus

Known for DirectingBorn 1958-09-10 (age 67)Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA

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 co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014 called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag. Columbus is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he had worked on the film Home Alone and the film series Harry Potter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Columbus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Fog City Mavericks

The Help

Music by John Williams

The Exiles

John Candy: I Like Me

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Cove

100 Years of Warner Bros.

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Lighthouse

The President's Cake

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

The Movies That Made Us

Dìdi (弟弟)

Home Alone

The Goonies

The Christmas Chronicles

Bicentennial Man

Scoob!

The Witch

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

Stepmom

Mrs. Doubtfire

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Gremlins

Nosferatu

Tallulah

Galaxy High School

Mediterranea

Rent

The Thursday Murder Club

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Adventures in Babysitting

Patti Cake$

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

French Exchange

Young Sherlock Holmes

The Young Messiah

Chupa

Yes, God, Yes