Chris Columbus

Producent, Regissör, Författare, Skådespelare

10 september 1958 (67 år)
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.

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Känd för

  • Harry Potter och de vises sten
    Harry Potter och de vises sten2001
  • Harry Potter och hemligheternas kammare
    Harry Potter och hemligheternas kammare2002
  • Ensam hemma
    Ensam hemma1990
  • Niceville
    Niceville2011
  • Ensam hemma 2 - Vilse i New York
    Ensam hemma 2 - Vilse i New York1992
  • The Goonies - dödskallegänget
    The Goonies - dödskallegänget1985
  • Välkommen Mrs. Doubtfire
    Välkommen Mrs. Doubtfire1993
  • Gremlins
    Gremlins1984
  • Percy Jackson - kampen om åskviggen
    Percy Jackson - kampen om åskviggen2010
  • Pixels
    Pixels2015
  • 200-årsmannen
    200-årsmannen1999
  • The Fantastic Four
    The Fantastic Four2005
  • Natt på museet
    Natt på museet2006
  • The Christmas Chronicles
    The Christmas Chronicles2018
  • Torsdagsmordklubben
    Torsdagsmordklubben2025
  • Vid din sida
    Vid din sida1998
  • Natt på museet 2
    Natt på museet 22009
  • Julfritt
    Julfritt2004
  • Klappjakten
    Klappjakten1996
  • Gremlins 2 - Det nya gänget
    Gremlins 2 - Det nya gänget1990

Filmografi

2027
2026
Werwulf · as Executive Producer
2025
The President's Cake · as Executive Producer
2025
2024
2024
Dìdi · as Executive Producer
2023
2022
2022
The Exiles · as Executive Producer
2021
Cusp · as Executive Producer
2020
2020
Scoob! · as Executive Producer
2019
Yes, God, Yes · as Executive Producer
2019
The Lighthouse · as Executive Producer
2018
2017
2017
Menashe · as Executive Producer
2017
2016
2016
2015
It Had to Be You · as Executive Producer
2015
The Witch · as Executive Producer
2015
2015
2014
2014
Little Accidents · as Executive Producer
2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters · as Executive Producer
2012
2011
2010
2009
2009
2007
2006
2005
2005
Fantastic Four · as Executive Producer
2004
2004
2002
2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · as Executive Producer
2001
Monkeybone · as Executive Producer
1999
1998
1996
1995

2020
2004
Christmas with the Kranks · as Screenplay
1995
Nine Months · as Screenplay
1991
Only the Lonely · as Screenplay
1989
1988
1986
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes · as Screenplay
1985
The Goonies · as Screenplay
1984
1984

2005
Rent · as Angry Man In Car
2003
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York · as Man In Toy Store (uncredited)

2025
John Candy: I Like Me · as Self - Director, Home Alone
2024
Music by John Williams · as Self - Filmmaker
2024
Child Star · as Self - Director
2024
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Filmmaker
2023
2022
2020
Reunited Apart · as Self
2019
The Movies That Made Us · as Self - Director
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
Hollywood's Best Film Directors · as Self - Interviewee
2008
2008
2007
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2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
2004
Tavis Smiley · as Self - Guest
2002
2001
2000
BBC Breakfast · as Self
1996
1996
1994
Sidewalks Entertainment · as Self - Guest
1993
1992
1992
HBO First Look · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest
1987
Biography · as Self
1981
1975
Good Morning America · as Self - Guest
1973
1952
Today · as Self - Guest

2027
Gremlins 3 · as Characters
2003
Madame Doubtfire · as From The Movie 'mrs Doubtfire'
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch · as Characters