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Chris Columbus

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Christopher Joseph Columbus, born on 10 September 1958 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, is an American filmmaker who studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. 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 the teen adventure Adventures in Babysitting in 1987 and gained recognition with the Christmas comedy Home Alone, which is listed here as a work.

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1958 1
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1. Wikipedia: Chris Columbus
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    September 10, 1958
  • Associated With: Film, Lead sentence
    is an American filmmaker
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Home Alone (Wikipedia)
Works Created: Home Alone (1990 film), Infobox: director
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