Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
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Christopher 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 filmmaki
Columbus in 2025
Home Alone made Culkin (pictured here 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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and written by Steve Kloves, based on the 1997 novel by J. K. Rowling. It is the first instalment in the Harr
Theatrical release poster
The store in London used as the exterior of The Leaky Cauldron.
No. 5972 (the locomotive used in the film) on display at the National Railway Museum.
John Williams composed the film's score.