Chris Columbus is a famous and sought-after director. Moreover, his entire career is an example of continuous and high-profile success. He did not have any particular falls - everything is quite smooth. At the same time, he made a huge number of films he loved so many, which are often called "forever."
The name of Chris Columbus is well known to lovers of modern cinema. Moreover, it is inextricably linked with your favorite films of different generations. For some, the director created "Home Alone", for others - "Harry Potter". He regularly pleases moviegoers around the world with his new and high-quality films. Moreover, the master works in different genres - and all of them, as shown by the practice and success of his films - he is successful in each of them. Indeed, many director’s films are loved all over the world, reviewed by fans and rated highly.
Childhood star
The biography of Christopher Columbus begins on September 10, 1958, when he was born in Spangler, PA. At the same time, the child grew up in another place - on the outskirts of Youngstown, Ohio. Columbus was 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 with many talents 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.
Education, the future director began to receive everything in the same place in Ohio, where he studied at a private school named after John F. Kennedy. Moreover, Chris began his first short films to shoot here. Then he used an 8 mm 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, British cinema lay in his area of interest, in particular, he admired the comedies of authorship by the directors of Misty Albion and highly appreciated the signature "English humor". At the same time, his comedies are called the face of modern American Hollywood cinema.
While studying at the 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 directors $ 5, 000. The film was called "Jockeys." This, according to Chris, was a semi-autobiographical comedy dedicated to a Catholic boy trying to qualify for a football team. At the same time, the script has been greatly revised. But even despite this, the film was shot, and this made the most powerful and visible advertisement to the future director.
When Chris worked in a comic book workshop, he managed to create a scripted masterpiece that millions of people around the world know today. It was then that Steven Spielberg bought from him a script for the fantastic comedy "Gremlins". And this gave a certain impetus to the career of a young man, because after that, Columbus received orders for scripts for films such as The Dunce and Young Sherlock Holmes. Both films were soon shot and appeared at the box office in 1985.
Directorial activity
For the first time, Chris Columbus in his career became a film director in 1987. He took his chair during the filming of the comedy, designed for young people, "The Adventures of a Nanny." The next movie in his career was The Heartbreak Hotel.
Then everything rolled like clockwork. World fame came to Columbus in 1990, when he made the film literally for centuries, "Home Alone." Then there was "Home Alone 2", which was held at the box office with no less success. He opened the world to McCollay Culkin, and the world opened his hearts in response to the director.
Further success continued to pursue Columbus - in 1993 he shot "Mrs. Doutfire." His work with this film continued to confidently conquer the world. Such films with changing clothes have not been many. And the touching story at the heart of the film was very warmly received.
201 is a new round of career and success. Chris Columbus becomes the director of the then beloved Harry Potter saga. Permission and approval for the shooting, he received directly from the "mother" of Gary Potter - writer Joan Rowling. On her part, there was only one condition - the shooting had to take place in England and British actors had to participate in them. Chris Columbus shot the first two episodes of Potter, and then ceded his place to the others, but he also directed in another part of Potteriana - in the series "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
After the career of the famous and popular director, films such as "Night at the Museum" and "Fantastic Four" appeared. Also, his collection of adventure films was supplemented by "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief." In 2011, Chris even nominated for an Oscar, acting as producer of the historical drama "The Servant".
Columbus personal life
In his personal life for a long time without change. 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, Violet, Isabella and son Brendan. He regularly removes his family members in his own films. The wife always supports him in different endeavors. And he, as a husband and father of the family, is primarily concerned about the well-being of his loved ones.
How does a famous 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 shooting Harry Potter, because because of them, he had to live in London, and he decided to be more with his family. Personal life was more important than professional.
In 2007, he became a grandfather. One of his daughters gave him two grandchildren.
