
Chris Columbus
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Biography
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, 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 its sequel 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 for 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), which are his highest-grossing films to date. In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and 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.
Known For

100 Years of Warner Bros.

The Movies That Made Us

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Showbiz Kids

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

Music by John Williams

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

Creating the World of Harry Potter
Production Credits

Applebaum

Christmas with the Kranks

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Galaxy High School

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Stay Awake

Scoob!

Miraculous

Rent

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

The Lighthouse

Nosferatu

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Stepmom

Young Sherlock Holmes

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Home Alone

Tallulah

The Witch

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Bicentennial Man

The Christmas Chronicles

Pixels

Adventures in Babysitting

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Mrs. Doubtfire

Dìdi (弟弟)

The Goonies

Patti Cake$

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Jingle All the Way

Night at the Museum

The Help

Gremlins

Chupa
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