Chris Columbus

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Columbus
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1958(1958-09-10)
Age	66
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Virgo

Chris Columbus Biography

Chris Columbus is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on September 10, 1958 in Pennsylvania, United States. Producer and director who is famous as the producer of Gremlins, The Goonies, and the two first Harry Potter movies. Also, he directed Home Alone films and Mrs. Doubtfire.

He and screenwriter He and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman were schoolmates at New York University. were schoolmates at New York University.

Columbus’ professional career began in the early 1980s, as a writer for the screenplay of Reckless (1984). Columbus later said, “it wasn’t my best work. I intended it to be semi-biographical … and the film was based on my attempts to break free. But the director turned it into a clumsy teen sex drama and the experience was so degrading.” Dissatisfied, Columbus conceived a new screenplay whilst living in an apartment loft, a comedy-horror titled Gremlins (1984). In late 1981, he eventually received a phone call from Steven Spielberg who expressed an interest buying the script. Upon release, the film was a critical success. Columbus then moved to Los Angeles to work for Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, writing more scripts including The Goonies (1985) and Young Sherlock Holmes (1985).

In 1980, while at NYU, Columbus directed a short film entitled I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here that was later noticed by Steven Spielberg. I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.

He married Monica Devereux in 1983. They have four kids together.

Chris Columbus Net Worth

Chris Columbus is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Columbus 's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended the famous Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

The producer was nominated to win an Academy Award for producing the movie The Help.

Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy-dramas, Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Chris Columbus Dating?

According to our records, Chris Columbus married to Monica Devereux. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Columbus’s is not dating anyone.

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Burhan Wazir of The Guardian states that Columbus prefers characters that “are the everyday American men, women, and children who struggle to uphold family traditions against a changing, sometimes intimidating society”. In 1993, he said: “I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope. If your film isn’t going to do that, I just don’t think it’s worth making”. ScreenPrism opined that Columbus excels in creating family- oriented films but lacks a “distinct cinematic style to his work”.

Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chris Columbus celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus, which won an Academy Award for Best Makeup. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again for 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), which are his highest-grossing films to date. In addition to directing, Columbus served as a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the drama The Help (2011) and other productions as well. He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015).

Why did Chris Columbus leave the Harry Potter series?

Chris Columbus was emotionally and physically exhausted Columbus explained that, at the start of the journey, he had every intention to direct all seven films (it had not yet been decided that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” would be split into two films).

What is Chris Columbus best known for?

He is best known to audiences as the director of the runaway hit “Home Alone” , written and produced by John Hughes its sequel “Home Alone 2”, and most recently “Mrs. Doubtfire”.

Is director Chris Columbus still alive?

Chris Columbus
Born| Chris Joseph Columbus September 10, 1958 Spangler, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater| New York University
Occupation| Director producer screenwriter
Years active| 1984–present

Is Chris Columbus related to Christopher Columbus?

His father, Alex, the son of Italian immigrants, named him “Chris not Christopher , because of a long-lost wish by his father to have a Chris in the family.” (Columbus’s grandmother had refused to inflict the name on any of her 12 children.) The director has made the best of it.

Who turned down Harry Potter?

Swinton turned down the role immediately due to scheduling conflicts , and because she stated she was morally against boarding school. Though the ghosts at Hogwarts began playing less prominent roles as the films continued, Helena Ravenclaw is an essential component to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.