Chris Van Allsburg
Writer, Producer
June 18, 1949 (76 years)
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
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Filmography
| 2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · as Original Film Writer |
| 1995 | Jumanji · as Novel |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | The Polar Express · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | How to Deal · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2026 | Jumanji: Open World · as Book |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level · as Book |
| 2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure · as Book |
| 2004 | The Polar Express · as Book |
| 1996 | Jumanji · as Book |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid · as Visual Development |