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”.
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Birthname: Christopher Columbus
Born: September 10, 1958
Born Place: Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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