Directing • AGE 67
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 develop...


Werwulf
Executive Producer
2026

The President's Cake
Executive Producer
2025

The Voyage Out
Executive Producer
2025

John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director, Home Alone
2025

The Thursday Murder Club
Director
2025

Nosferatu
Producer
2024

Music by John Williams
Self - Filmmaker
2024

Child Star
Self - Director
2024

Dìdi (弟弟)
Executive Producer
2024

100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023

Chupa
Producer
2023

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Executive Producer
2022

The Exiles
Executive Producer
2022

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022

Cusp
Executive Producer
2021

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Director
2020

Yes, God, Yes
Executive Producer
2020

Scoob!
Executive Producer
2020

Reunited Apart
Self
2020

The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019

The Lighthouse
Executive Producer
2019

The Christmas Chronicles
Producer
2018

I Kill Giants
Producer
2017

Patti Cake$
Producer
2017

Menashe
Executive Producer
2017

It Had to Be You
Executive Producer
2016

Tallulah
Producer
2016

The Young Messiah
Producer
2016

The Witch
Executive Producer
2016

Mediterranea
Producer
2015

Pixels
Director
2015

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Producer
2014

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Self
2014

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Self
2014

Little Accidents
Executive Producer
2014

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Executive Producer
2013

Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
Self
2012

Applebaum
Director
2012

The Help
Producer
2011

French Exchange
Executive Producer
2011

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Director
2010

Creating the Wizarding World - Behind the Scenes of Harry Potter
Director
2009

The Cove
Thanks
2009

I Love You, Beth Cooper
Director
2009

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Producer
2009

Fog City Mavericks
Self
2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Executive Producer
2007

Night at the Museum
Producer
2006

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Self
2006

Rent
Director
2005

Fantastic Four
Executive Producer
2005

Christmas with the Kranks
Screenplay
2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Producer
2004

Building a Scene
2003

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Director
2002

Capturing the Stone: A Conversation with the Filmmakers
2002

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Director
2001

Monkeybone
Executive Producer
2001

Bicentennial Man
Director
1999

Stepmom
Director
1998

Jingle All the Way
Producer
1996

Nine Months
Producer
1995

Mrs. Doubtfire
Director
1993

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Man in Toy Store (uncredited)
1992

Only the Lonely
Director
1991

Home Alone
Director
1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Characters
1990

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Screenplay
1989

Heartbreak Hotel
Director
1988

Adventures in Babysitting
Director
1987

Galaxy High School
Writer
1986

Young Sherlock Holmes
Screenplay
1985

The Goonies
Screenplay
1985

Gremlins
Writer
1984

Reckless
Writer
1984

I Think I'm Going to Like it Here
Director
1980

Labyrinth 2
Producer