Chris Columbus
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-09-10 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Christopher Joseph Columbus
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, ...
Acting
2004
2012
2006
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2024
as Self - Filmmaker
1992
as Man in Toy Store (uncredited)
2007
as Self
2024
as Self - Director
Production
2006
as Producer
2001
as Director
2002
as Director
1990
as Director
1993
as Director
2005
as Producer
2005
as Director
1991
as Director
1991
as Screenplay
1999
as Director
1995
as Screenplay
1995
as Producer
1995
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1996
as Producer
2010
1985
as Screenplay
2005
as Executive Producer
1998
as Director
2004
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1988
as Director
1984
as Writer
1984
as Writer
2009
2011
as Producer
2009
as Producer
2009
as Director
2021
as Executive Producer
2015
as Director
2013
as Executive Producer
2012
as Executive Producer
2012
as Director
2015
as Producer
2004
as Producer
2002
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
2011
as Executive Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
2022
as Executive Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
2009
as Thanks
1989
as Screenplay
2016
as Producer
2007
as Executive Producer
2017
as Producer
2010
2001
as Executive Producer
2016
as Executive Producer
1980
as Director
1998
as Producer
2025
as Director
2014
as Producer
1988
as Writer
1992
as Director
2017
as Producer
2018
as Producer
1999
as Producer
1990
as Characters
2020
as Director
2020
as Producer
2020
as Screenplay
2019
as Executive Producer
2004
as Producer
2016
as Executive Producer
2014
as Executive Producer
2015
as Producer
2017
as Executive Producer
2016
as Producer
2020
as Executive Producer
2023
as Producer
2020
as Executive Producer
2025
as Producer
2024
as Producer
2026
as Executive Producer
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as Producer
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as Director
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as Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
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as Producer
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