Chris Columbus is a well-known and in-demand filmmaker. Moreover, his entire career is an example of continuous and resounding success. He did not have any special falls - everything is quite smooth. At the same time, he shot a huge number of films, beloved by many, which are often called "forever".
The name of Chris Columbus is well known to fans of modern cinema. Moreover, it is inextricably linked with favorite films of different generations. For some, the director created "Home Alone", for others - "Harry Potter". He regularly pleases moviegoers all over the world with his new and high-quality films. Moreover, the master works in different genres - and all of them, as practice and the success of his films show, he is successful in each of them. After all, many of the director's films are loved all over the world, are reviewed by fans and are highly appreciated.
Childhood star
Christopher Columbus's biography begins on September 10, 1958, when he was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania. At the same time, the child grew up in another place - on the outskirts of Youngstown, Ohio. The Columbuses were a simple family. The director's father worked as an ordinary miner. However, all this did not prevent the gifted child from breaking into the world of Hollywood.
The child grew up diversified and was looking for his place in life. So, for example, at first he drew ordinary comics, but then it occurred to him that it was like a movie storyboard. The child was quite talented.
The future director began to receive education in the same place in Ohio, where he studied at a private school named after John F. Kennedy. Moreover, Chris began filming his first short films here. Then he used an 8mm camera for this. Then Columbus was 15 years old.
After graduation, he enters the TISH School of Art, which is located at New York University. At that time, he was interested in British cinema, in particular, he admired comedies by the directors of Foggy Albion and highly appreciated the firm's "English humor". At the same time, his comedies are called the face of modern American Hollywood cinema.
While at university, he studied film production and directing. At the same time, he also practiced scripting. He sold his first script while he was still a student. This script cost the directors $ 5,000. The film was called The Jockeys. Chris intended it to be a semi-autobiographical comedy about a Catholic boy trying to qualify for a football team. At the same time, the script was greatly reworked. Even so, the film was made, and it made the most powerful and visible advertisement for the future director.
When Chris worked in a comic book studio, he managed to create a script masterpiece that is known today by millions of people around the world. It was then that Steven Spielberg bought the script for the fantastic comedy "Gremlins" from him. And this gave a certain impetus to the career of a young man, tk. since then Columbus has received commissions for scripts such films as "Goonies" and "Young Sherlock Holmes." Both films were soon filmed and appeared at the box office in 1985.
Directing activity
Chris Columbus first became a film director in his career in 1987. He took his seat while filming the comedy directed at young people, The Adventures of Nanny. The next film in his activity was "Hotel of Broken Hearts".
Then everything rolled like clockwork. World fame came to Columbus in 1990, when he shot the film "Home Alone" literally for centuries. Then there was "Home Alone 2", which was shown at the box office with no less success. He opened McCauley Culkin to the world, and the world opened its hearts to the director in return.
Further success continued to haunt Columbus - in 1993 he directed "Mrs. Doubtfire". His work with this film continued to confidently conquer the world. There have not been many such films with dressing up yet. And the touching story at the heart of the film was greeted very warmly.
201 is a new round of career and success. Chris Columbus becomes the director of the then beloved Harry Potter saga. He received permission and approval for the shooting directly from Gary Potter's "mom" - the writer J. K. Rowling. There was only one condition on her part - the shooting had to take place in England and British actors had to participate in them. Chris Columbus directed the first two Potter episodes, and then gave way to others, but at the same time directed another part of the Potter - in the series "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
After in the career of the famous and popular director, films such as "Night at the Museum" and "Fantastic Four" appeared. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief also added to his collection of adventure films. In 2011, Chris was even nominated for an Oscar, producing the historical drama "The Servant".
Personal life of Columbus
In his personal life, everything has been unchanged for a long time. As it turned out in practice, he has one love for life. In 1983, Chris Columbus married Monica Devereaux. Over the years of marriage, 4 children were born in their family: daughters Eleanor, Violetta, Isabella and son Brendan. He regularly takes pictures of his family members in his own films. His wife always supports him in various endeavors. And he, as a husband and father of a family, first of all cares about the well-being of his loved ones.
How does the eminent director live now? He currently lives in San Francisco with his family. By the way, it was for the sake of his family and friends that he refused to continue filming Harry Potter, tk. because of them, he had to live in London, and he decided to be more with his family. Personal life turned out to be more important than professional.
In 2007 he became a grandfather. One of his daughters has already given him two grandchildren.
Interesting biography facts
In 1995, the director founded his own video content production company. It was named 1492 Pictures. This name, as experts say, plays on the fact that Chris considers his legendary namesake to the famous navigator and discoverer Christopher Columbus. He sailed to America just in 1492.
In 2013, Chris began writing his own teenage novel series. There are versions that after he wanted to transfer it to the big screen. He worked in collaboration with various popular authors - Ned Vizzini, J. K. Rowling, Chris Rylander. The series eventually became a trilogy. And until she was transferred to the cinema.
