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, was another box-office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again by directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as well as the drama The Help(2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014 called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag. Columbus is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he had worked on the film Home Alone and the film series Harry Potter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Columbus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Фільмографія

• 2028Гремліни 3 — Producer, Director, Original Film Writer
• 2026Вервульф — Executive Producer
• 2026Торт для президента — Executive Producer
• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Director, Home Alone
• 2025The Voyage Out — Executive Producer
• 2025Клуб убивств по четвергах — Director, Producer
• 2024Братик — Executive Producer
• 2024Носферату — Producer
• 2023Чупа — Producer
• 2022The Exiles — Executive Producer
• 2022Ніч у музеї: Камунра воскресає — Executive Producer
• 2021Cusp — Executive Producer
• 2020Одержима Сексом — Executive Producer
• 2020Різдвяні хроніки. Частина друга — Director, Producer, Screenplay
• 2020Скубі-Ду! — Executive Producer
• 2019Маяк — Executive Producer
• 2018Різдвяні хроніки — Producer
• 2017Menashe — Executive Producer
• 2017Патті Кейкс — Producer
• 2017Я вбиваю велетнів — Producer
• 2016It Had to Be You — Executive Producer
• 2016Tallulah — Producer
• 2016Відьма: Нова англійська казка — Executive Producer
• 2016Юний месiя — Producer
• 2015Mediterranea — Producer
• 2015Пікселі — Director, Producer
• 2014Little Accidents — Executive Producer
• 2014Ніч у музеї: Секрет гробниці — Producer
• 2013Персі Джексон: Море чудовиськ — Executive Producer
• 2012Applebaum — Executive Producer, Director
• Scary Larry — Producer
• 2011French Exchange — Executive Producer
• 2011Прислуга — Producer
• 2010Персі Джексон та Викрадач блискавок — Director, Producer
• 2009The Cove — Thanks
• 2009Бет Купер, я кохаю тебе — Producer, Director
• 2009Ніч у музеї 2 — Producer
• 2007Фантастична четвірка: Вторгнення Срібного серфера — Executive Producer
• 2006Ніч у музеї — Producer
• 20053-D Rocks — Director, Producer
• 2005Rent — Producer, Director
• 2005Фантастична четвірка — Executive Producer
• 2004Гаррі Поттер і в’язень Азкабану — Producer
• 2004Різдво з невдахами — Screenplay, Producer
• 2003Building a Scene
• 2002Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers
• 2002Гаррі Поттер і таємна кімната — Director, Executive Producer
• 2001Гаррі Поттер і філософський камінь — Director, Executive Producer
• 2001Мавп’яча кістка — Executive Producer
• 1999Двохсотрічна людина — Director, Producer
• 1998Мачуха — Director, Producer
• 1996Подарунок на Різдво — Producer
• 1995Дев'ять місяців — Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 1993Місіс Даутфайр — Director
• 1992Сам удома 2: Загублений у Нью-Йорку — Man in Toy Store (uncredited), Director
• 1991Зрозуміє тільки самотній — Director, Screenplay
• 1990Home Alone — Director
• 1990Гремліни 2: Нова партія — Characters
• 1989Маленький Немо: Пригоди в Країні Сну — Screenplay
• 1988Heartbreak Hotel — Director, Writer
• 1987Пригоди няні — Director
• Galaxy High School — Writer, Creator
• 1985Бовдури — Screenplay
• 1985Молодий Шерлок Холмс — Screenplay
• 1984Reckless — Writer
• 1984Гремліни — Writer
• 1980I Think I'm Going to Like it Here — Director
• A Christmas Carol — Producer
• Untitled Labyrinth Sequel — Producer

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (13)

• 2024Child Star — Self - Director
• 2024Music by John Williams — Self - Filmmaker
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 202220-річчя Гаррі Поттера: повернення до Гоґвортсу — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• Фільми, на яких ми виросли — Self
• 2014Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins — Self
• 2014From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures — Self
• 2012Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter — Self
• 2007Fog City Mavericks — Self
• 2006No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' — Self
• 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self
• 2004The Magic Touch of Harry Potter — Self