Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus

Director (b. 1958)
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The ThumbScore for Chris Columbus (78.9%) is the average audience approval rating across 16 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Chris's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

16
Movies
78.9%
Avg ThumbScore
Comedy
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Pierce Brosnan (3)Robin Williams (3)Daniel Radcliffe (2)Rupert Grint (2)Emma Watson (2)

Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) 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, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, 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). The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box-office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again by 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). In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as well as the drama The Help(2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014 called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag. Columbus is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he had worked on the film Home Alone and the film series Harry Potter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Columbus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1958-09-10 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA.

On ThumbScore, Chris Columbus appears in 16 films with an average audience score of 78.9%, most frequently in the Comedy genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
👍 91%
Home Alone
Home Alone
1990
👍 89%
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
👍 89%
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
👍 86%
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
👍 86%
Nine Months
Nine Months
1995
👍 84%
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
1999
👍 82%
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting
1987
👍 81%
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
👍 77%
Stepmom
Stepmom
1998
👍 76%
Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely
1991
👍 75%
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
👍 74%
Rent
Rent
2005
👍 74%
Pixels
Pixels
2015
👍 68%
The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
👍 68%
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009
👍 61%
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