Chris Columbus
Birthday: September 10, 1958
Birth Place: Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5' 8"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Chris Columbus. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom	(2008)
NFL Dad	(2007)
Will Sebastian	(2007)
Slanted and Enchanted	(2006)
Night at the Museum	(2006)
[ Robin Williams ][ Ben Stiller ][ Owen Wilson ][ Paul Rudd ][ Dick Van Dyke ]
Rent	(2005)
[ Rosario Dawson ][ Taye Diggs ][ Anthony Rapp ][ Jesse L. Martin ][ Adam Pascal ]
Fantastic Four	(2005)
[ Julian McMahon ][ Ioan Gruffudd ][ Chris Evans ][ Robert Evans ][ Michael Chiklis ]
3-D Rocks	(2005)
Christmas with the Kranks	(2004)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Tim Allen ][ Elvis Presley ][ Cheech Marin ][ Jake Busey ]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	(2004)
[ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Gary Oldman ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ][ Tom Felton ]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	(2002)
[ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ][ Jason Isaacs ][ Tom Felton ]
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	(2001)
[ Daniel Radcliffe ][ Alan Rickman ][ Rupert Grint ][ Tom Felton ][ John Cleese ]
Monkeybone	(2001)
[ Brendan Fraser ][ John Turturro ][ Thomas Haden Church ][ Dave Foley ][ Scott Foley ]
Bicentennial Man	(1999)
[ Robin Williams ][ Sam Neill ][ Stephen Root ][ Oliver Platt ][ Bradley Whitford ]
Stepmom	(1998)
[ Ed Harris ][ David Bowie ][ Robert Davi ][ Liam Aiken ][ John Williams ]
Jingle All the Way	(1996)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Frank Sinatra ][ James Belushi ][ Phil Hartman ][ Jake Lloyd ]
Nine Months	(1995)
[ Robin Williams ][ Hugh Grant ][ Jeff Goldblum ][ Hans Zimmer ][ Mick Jagger ]

Trivia

• "Gremlins", Columbus' fourth script, was written as a dark satire of "It's a Wonderful Life".
• Got the directing gig on Harry Potter after longtime front-runner Steven Spielberg passed on the project. He met author J.K. Rowling in England and won the job over several other candidates after promising her he would film entirely in the U.K. and use an all-British cast. Most of the crew was also British.
• Father of Eleanor Columbus and Violet Columbus.
• Lived in England for a year and a half while filming the first two Harry Potter films. Opted out of the third film so he could come home and spend more time with his family.
• Chris Columbus now lives in River Forest, Illinois which shares a high school with the suburb, Oak Park, in which Adventures in Babysitting (1987) was based. Oak Park and River Forest High School's name was changed for the movie, however, to Hemingway High because Ernest Hemingway went there. They kept the style of the high school's jackets for the film, however.
• Father of Brendan Columbus & Isabella Columbus
• Had a cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) as a man in the toy store. He was holding his daughter Eleanor.
• In the original script, Gremlins (1984) was meant to be a much darker horror film in which the mother was decapitated, the family dog was eaten, and the adorable Mogwai "Gizmo" actually turned into the infamous Gremlin "Stripe".
• Son of Irene Columbus.
• Considered directing _Spider-man (2002)_ , however passed that up to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).
• During its early stages of production, he was originally attached to direct Daredevil (2003).
• Frequently is involved with composer John Williams

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