Chris Columbus

6.2	Listal rating

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Birth Name: Christopher Columbus

Age: 54, born 10 September 1958

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 8"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Monica Devereux

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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (77 items)
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Directors (405 items)
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Published 1 year, 4 months ago

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Published 2 years ago

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Chris Columbus Videos

CHRIS COLUMBUS ANS PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS INTERVIEW

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Chris Columbus Talks Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

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Added 1 year ago

Chris Columbus' ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (1987 AKA "Nuit de Folie")-French trailer.mov

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About: Chris Joseph Columbus[1] (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, Oscar nominated producer and screenwriter. Columbus had his largest success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, the last receiving a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film.Columbus was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and raised in Champion, Ohio, the son of Mary Irene (née Puskar), a factory Chris Joseph Columbus[1] (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, Oscar nominated producer and screenwriter. Columbus had his largest success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, the last receiving a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film.Columbus was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and raised in Champion, Ohio, the son of Mary Irene (née Puskar), a factory worker, and Alex Michael Columbus, an aluminum plant worker and coal miner.[2][3][4] Columbus is of Italian and Czech descent.[5] He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, Ohio and from New York University's film school at the Tisch School of the Arts. There he was a schoolmate of writer/director Charlie Kaufman-Columbus worked as a screenwriter with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, working on Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). He wrote the first episodes of the animated series Galaxy High (1986) and later made his directorial debut with the teen comedy Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Heartbreak Hotel (1988).His directorial work includes Home Alone (1990), Only the Lonely (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Nine Months (1995), Stepmom (1998), Bicentennial Man (1999), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Rent (2005), I Love You Beth Cooper (2009) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010).
He was also the producer of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which too was a world-wide success.Received an Academy Award nomination in 2012 for producing The Help.
Columbus founded his production company named 1492 Pictures in 1995, intended as a play to Columbus's more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus, with 1492 being the year of the explorer's first voyage.The character types preferred by Columbus are the everyday American men, women and children who struggle to uphold family traditions against a changing, sometimes intimidating society.[2] In 1993 he said: "I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope. If your film isn't going to do that, I just don't think it's worth making.Columbus married Monica Devereux in 1983, with whom he has four children: Eleanor, Violet, Brendan, and Isabella. Columbus lives in San Francisco's Pacific Heights, where his children attend or previously attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. He donated money to the school for a new building, which is named after him.
Many of Columbus's family members—including his children, his wife, his father-in-law and his cousin Robert Ayres—have appeared in cameo roles in his films. ... (more)

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Movies directed by

1. Home Alone (1990)

Rating:

6.7

5637 Watched

2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Rating:

7.1

5433 Watched

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Rating:

6.9

5157 Watched

4. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Rating:

6.5

3912 Watched

5. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Rating:

5.9

3840 Watched

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Movies written by

1. Gremlins (1984)

Rating:

6.7

2372 Watched

2. The Goonies (1985)

Rating:

7.4

1948 Watched

3. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Rating:

5.8

1117 Watched

4. Nine Months (1995)

Rating:

5.2

764 Watched

5. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Rating:

4.7

364 Watched

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Movies

1. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Rating:

5.9

3840 Watched

2. Rent (2005)

Rating:

6.8

483 Watched

3. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Rating:

7.5

35 Watched

4. Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins (2009)

Rating:

8 Watched

5. Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 5: Evolution (2011)

Rating:

4 Watched

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TV

1. Entertainment Tonight (1981)

Rating:

5.1

184 Watched

2. 'Harry Potter': Behind the Magic (2001)

Rating:

11 Watched

3. HBO First Look (1992)

Rating:

10 Watched

TV written by

1. Galaxy High School (1986)

Rating:

7.6

12 Watched

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