Chris Columbus
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday10 September 1958 (68 years old)
Place of birthSpangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits81
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 comed…
Gremlins 3
2027 · Producer
Gremlins 3
2027 · Director
Gremlins 3
2027 · Original Film Writer
Werwulf
2026 · Executive Producer
The President's Cake
2026 · Executive Producer
The Voyage Out
2025 · Executive Producer
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Director, Home Alone
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 · Director
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 · Producer
Nosferatu
2024 · Producer
Music by John Williams
2024 · Self - Filmmaker
Child Star
2024 · Self - Director
Dìdi (弟弟)
2024 · Executive Producer
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · Self
Chupa
2023 · Producer
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022 · Executive Producer
The Exiles
2022 · Executive Producer
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 · Self
Cusp
2021 · Executive Producer
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020 · Director
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020 · Producer
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020 · Screenplay
Yes, God, Yes
2020 · Executive Producer
Scoob!
2020 · Executive Producer
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Self
The Lighthouse
2019 · Executive Producer
The Christmas Chronicles
2018 · Producer
I Kill Giants
2017 · Producer
Patti Cake$
2017 · Producer
Menashe
2017 · Executive Producer
It Had to Be You
2016 · Executive Producer
Tallulah
2016 · Producer
The Young Messiah
2016 · Producer
The Witch
2016 · Executive Producer
Mediterranea
2015 · Producer
Pixels
2015 · Director
Pixels
2015 · Producer
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014 · Producer
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
2014 · Self
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
2014 · Self
Little Accidents
2014 · Executive Producer
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · Executive Producer
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
2012 · Self
Applebaum
2012 · Executive Producer
Applebaum
2012 · Director
The Help
2011 · Producer
French Exchange
2011 · Executive Producer
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