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Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. 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 a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting(1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box-office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again by directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as well as the drama The Help(2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014 called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag. Columbus is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he had worked on the film Home Alone and the film series Harry Potter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Columbus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kevin McCallister is all grown up and he has a wife and twin daughters, Lila and Maya. Lila is portrayed as "the perfect twin" who is always smug in front of Maya and Maya is always sick of being treated as the "imperfect twin". After a dysfunction the night before they leave for Florida, Maya is sent to bed early. The next morning, they see that they slept in and the family rushes to get to the airport on time. But by mistake, Maya is left behind because Lila was mistaken for her making the parents think everyone is accounted for. During the plane ride, Kevin finally realizes they left Maya behind. He and Grandma Kate say "It's happening again." While home alone, 11 year old Maya enjoys doing all the things she wanted to do with no one around: watching a movie with the surround sound cranked up, playing video games and sneaking through nooks and crannies. But overtime, she starts to miss her family. Then when she overhears two burglars (one of them being Marv's daughter) plotting to rob the house on Christmas Eve, Maya sets up traps throughout the house. In the end, Kevin realizes "like father like daughter."
