Born: September 10, 1958
Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus aspired to draw cartoons for Marvel Comics and eventually discovered that comic books resemble the storyboards directors sketch for their movies. He was first inspired to make movies after seeing The Godfather at age 15. In high school, he began making 8mm films and drawing his own storyboards. After enrolling in the Directors Program at NYU film school, he sold his first movie script, Jocks (never produced), a... See All