Director
Chris Columbus
1958Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA19 Films
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).
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6.6
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
6.5
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
5.8
Pixels
2015
Applebaum
2012
6.2
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
6.0
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009
6.8
Rent
2005
7.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999
7.1
Stepmom
1998
5.7
Nine Months
1995
7.2
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
6.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
6.1
Only the Lonely
1991
7.5
Home Alone
1990
5.0
Heartbreak Hotel
1988
6.9
Adventures in Babysitting
1987