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Chris Columbus

American filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1958 · age 68

Christopher Joseph Columbus 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.

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2025John Candy: I Like MeFilm2023100 Years of Warner Bros.SeriesChupaFilm, 2023Producer2020Reunited ApartSeries2019The Movies That Made UsSeriesThe LighthouseFilm, 2019Producer2017I Kill GiantsFilm, Producer2015PixelsFilm, Director, Producer2012Scary LarrySeries, Producer2011The HelpFilm, Producer2009I Love You, Beth CooperFilm, Director, Producer2006Night at the MuseumFilm, Producer2004Christmas with the KranksFilm, Writer, Producer1999Bicentennial ManFilm, Director, Producer1996Jingle All the WayFilm, Producer1993Mrs. DoubtfireFilm, Director1987Adventures in BabysittingFilm, Director1986Galaxy High SchoolSeries, Writer, Creator1984GremlinsFilm, Writer1958Born10 September 1958

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  • The Help 2011
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
  • John Candy: I Like Me 2025
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002

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Filmography 40

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Television 5

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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 its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68

In the same film or series as Chris

Hayden PanettiereAlso in I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)Anya Taylor-JoyAlso in The Witch (2016)Patrick BreenAlso in Christmas with the Kranks (2004)Willem DafoeAlso in The Lighthouse (2019)Ed HarrisAlso in Stepmom (1998)Embeth DavidtzAlso in Bicentennial Man (1999)