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Chris Columbus
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10 Sept 1958 (67 years)
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
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...
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Christopher Joseph Columbus
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Chris Columbus's Movies
68%
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
15 Nov 1992
73%
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
01 Jan 2022
70%
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
12 Oct 2004
79%
John Candy: I Like Me
04 Sept 2025
81%
Music by John Williams
01 Nov 2024
62%
Child Star
17 Sept 2024
66%
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
10 Oct 2012
77%
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
11 Jun 2004
81%
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
02 Aug 2006
70%
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
30 Sept 2014
70%
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
30 Sept 2014
85%
Fog City Mavericks
24 Oct 2007
50%
Building a Scene
01 Jan 2003
0%
Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers
01 Jan 2002
