Chris Columbus

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-09-10 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA

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, ...

Production

2006

1990

Home Alone

as Director

1993

Mrs. Doubtfire

as Director

2005

Rent

as Producer

2005

Rent

as Director

1991

Only the Lonely

as Director

1991

Only the Lonely

as Screenplay

1999

Bicentennial Man

as Director

1995

Nine Months

as Screenplay

1995

Nine Months

as Producer

1995

Nine Months

as Director

1985

1996

1985

The Goonies

as Screenplay

2005

Fantastic Four

as Executive Producer

1998

Stepmom

as Director

2004

1988

Heartbreak Hotel

as Director

1984

Reckless

as Writer

1984

Gremlins

as Writer

2011

The Help

as Producer

2021

Cusp

as Executive Producer

2015

Pixels

as Director

2013

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

as Executive Producer

2012

Applebaum

as Executive Producer

2012

Applebaum

as Director

2015

Pixels

as Producer

2011

French Exchange

as Executive Producer

2022

The Exiles

as Executive Producer

2024

Dìdi (弟弟)

as Executive Producer

2009

The Cove

as Thanks

2016

Tallulah

as Producer

2017

Patti Cake$

as Producer

2001

Monkeybone

as Executive Producer

2016

The Witch

as Executive Producer

1998

Stepmom

as Producer

1988

2017

I Kill Giants

as Producer

1999

Bicentennial Man

as Producer

1990

2019

The Lighthouse

as Executive Producer

2016

It Had to Be You

as Executive Producer

2014

Little Accidents

as Executive Producer

2015

Mediterranea

as Producer

2017

Menashe

as Executive Producer

2016

2020

Scoob!

as Executive Producer

2023

Chupa

as Producer

2020

Yes, God, Yes

as Executive Producer

2024

Nosferatu

as Producer

2026

Werwulf

as Executive Producer

-

Miraculous

as Director

2025

The President's Cake

as Executive Producer

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