Name: Chris Columbus

Date of Birth: September 10, 1958

Hometown: Spangler, Pennsylvania

Facts: Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing “The Godfather” at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, “Gremlins”, with no success, until Steven Spielberg optioned it; Columbus moved to Los Angeles for a year during rewrites on the project in Spielberg’s bungalow at Universal. After writing two more scripts for Spielberg, “The Goonies” and “Young Sherlock Holmes”, Columbus’ own directing career was launched a few years later with “Adventures in Babysitting”. 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”.

What I have seen him direct: Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Mrs. Doubtfire, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

What you might have seen him direct: Adventures in Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel, Home Alone, Only the Lonely, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Mrs. Doubtfire, Nine Months, Stepmom, Bicentennial Man, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 3-D Rocks, Rent, I Love You, Beth Cooper

What is his part: Director

What I think about him directing the movie: I’m very positive about him directing the movie. I liked both Harry Potter movies that he did.

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