Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 10, 1958
Place of Birth
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
82 titles
Chris Columbus
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Gremlins 3
Producer
Werwulf
Executive Producer
The President's Cake
Executive Producer
The Voyage Out
Executive Producer
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director, Home Alone
The Thursday Murder Club
Director
Nosferatu
Producer
Music by John Williams
Self - Filmmaker
Child Star
Self - Director
Dìdi (弟弟)
Executive Producer
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
Chupa
Producer
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Executive Producer
The Exiles
Executive Producer
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Cusp
Executive Producer
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Director
Yes, God, Yes
Executive Producer
Scoob!
Executive Producer
Reunited Apart
Self
The Movies That Made Us
Self
The Lighthouse
Executive Producer
The Christmas Chronicles
Producer
I Kill Giants
Producer
Patti Cake$
Producer
Menashe
Executive Producer
It Had to Be You
Executive Producer
Tallulah
Producer
The Young Messiah
Producer
The Witch
Executive Producer
Mediterranea
Producer
Pixels
Director
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Producer
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Self
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Self
Little Accidents
Executive Producer
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Executive Producer
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
Scary Larry
Producer
Applebaum
Executive Producer
The Help
Producer
French Exchange
Executive Producer
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Director
The Cove
Thanks
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Producer
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Producer
Fog City Mavericks
Self
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Executive Producer
Night at the Museum
Producer
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Self