- Source of Wealth: Film
- Age: 61
- Birth Place: Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA
- Height: 5′ 9″ (1.76 m)
- Marital Status: Married Monica Devereux (m. 1983)
- Full Name: Chris Joseph Columbus
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: September 10, 1958
- Ethnicity: Italian, Czech
- Occupation: Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer
- Education: New York University, John F. Kennedy High School
- Children: 4 (Eleanor, Brendan, Violet, Isabella)
Chris Columbus is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has a net worth of $80 million. He was born Chris Joseph Columbus on September 10, 1958 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, but was brought up in Champion, Ohio. He attended a film program in New York called Tisch School of Arts where he graduated.
Columbus started his career with Steven Spielberg, where he worked as a screenwriter for the director’s Amblin Entertainment. Among his projects with the renowned director include Gremlins and Goonies, which he both written, as well as Young Sherlock Holmes. He also wrote the first episodes of the animated series Galaxy High (1986).
Chris Columbus later turned to directing and made his debut with the teen comedy Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Heartbreak Hotel (1988). These films were a success and a big hit in the wide screen.
Since then, Chris Columbus has directed various projects like Mrs. Doubtfire, Harry Potter & Sorcerer’s Stone, Rent, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets, Home Alone and Home Alone II. He won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film with Home Alone and its sequel. He also directed Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and Pixels (2015. He then produced The Help (2011), which earned him an Academy Award nomination.