Chris Columbus

Director · Born 10 September 1958 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, USA · 34 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

22 of Chris Columbus’ films and series stream in Sweden right now — 11 on Disney+, 8 on Netflix, 4 on Prime Video, 2 on Max and 4 more services. 2 more are not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: The Help (2011) ★ 8.1.

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.

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Directing

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Pixels (2015)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
• I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
• Home Alone (1990)

Writing

• Gremlins (1984)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)

Producing

• Pixels (2015)
• The Help (2011)
• Nosferatu (2024)
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
• Night at the Museum (2006)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
• The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

As self

• The Movies That Made Us (2019)
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Gremlins (1984)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Stepmom (1998)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• Nine Months (1995)
• Rent (2005)
• Patti Cake$ (2017)
• Only the Lonely (1991)
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
• The Young Messiah (2016)
• The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
• Music by John Williams (2024)