Chris Columbus
Directing
Born 1958-09-10
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
81 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2012 Best Picture Nominated The Help
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
16 credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Pixels
Mrs. Doubtfire
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The Thursday Murder Club
Bicentennial Man
Stepmom
Adventures in Babysitting
Nine Months
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Only the Lonely
Rent
Gremlins 3
Producing
40 credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Nosferatu
Fantastic Four
Pixels
The Witch
The Help
Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The Lighthouse
The Thursday Murder Club
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Bicentennial Man
Scoob!
Jingle All the Way
Yes, God, Yes
Stepmom
The Christmas Chronicles
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Christmas with the Kranks
Werwulf
Nine Months
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Monkeybone
Chupa
I Kill Giants
The President's Cake
Rent
Dìdi (弟弟)
The Young Messiah
Tallulah
Patti Cake$
Cusp
Gremlins 3
Labyrinth 2
Acting
12 credits
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Movies That Made Us
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Reunited Apart
John Candy: I Like Me
Music by John Williams
Gremlins 3
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Child Star
Writing
9 credits
The Goonies
Gremlins
Christmas with the Kranks
Nine Months
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Young Sherlock Holmes
Only the Lonely
Galaxy High School
Other credits
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