Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus 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, 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).
Columbus at New York Comic Con in 2012
Home Alone made Culkin (pictured in 1991) a child star.
Cast of the Harry Potter film series: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, 2011
Ned Vizzini and Columbus at the New York Comic Con, 2012
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, and Maia Brewton, and features cameos by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins and singer-songwriter Southside Johnny Lyon.
Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan