Chris Columbus
Birthday
1958/09/10 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Christopher Joseph Columbus
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...Read more
Acting
(2004) The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
(2022) Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
as Self
(2012) Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
as Self
(2006) No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
as Himself
(2023) David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker
(1992) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Man in Toy Store (uncredited)
(2014) From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self
(2014) Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self
(2007) Fog City Mavericks
as Self
(2024) Child Star
as Self - Director
(2023) 100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Self
(2020) Reunited Apart
as Self
(2009) Creating the World of Harry Potter
as Self - Director