Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing The Godfather at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, Gremlins, with no success, until Steven Spielberg optioned it; Columbus moved to Los Angeles for a year during rewrites on the project in Spielberg's bungalow at Universal. After writing two more script ...[Read Story]
