Biography
Christopher Joseph Columbus 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 its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2012 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Help
Music by John Williams
The Exiles
The Cove
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
John Candy: I Like Me
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lighthouse
Home Alone
The Goonies
The President's Cake
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
The Movies That Made Us
Bicentennial Man
Dìdi
The Christmas Chronicles
Stepmom
Mrs. Doubtfire
Gremlins
Scoob!
The Witch
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Adventures in Babysitting
Rent
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Nosferatu
Tallulah
Mediterranea
Young Sherlock Holmes
The Thursday Murder Club
Patti Cake$
Night at the Museum
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Young Messiah
Chupa
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Yes, God, Yes
Menashe
Child Star
I Kill Giants
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Christmas with the Kranks
Jingle All the Way
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
I Love You, Beth Cooper