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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.
Chris Columbus
Director
for Director in House of the Dragon: The Conquest
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Just as dreams brought the Targaryens to the shores of Westeros, dreams will drive them to conquer it. The Doom of Valyria sparked a century of blood across Essos, with the Free Cities and other opportunists gorging themselves on the corpse of the Freehold. As Volantenes scheme and Dothraki pillage, Lord Aegon Targaryen of Dragonstone's ominous dragon dreams forewarn of an even greater calamity rising in the North: a Song of Ice and Fire, when the cold and the dead march to extinguish the world of the living. Only a Westeros unified under the Targaryen banner will survive this second Long Night, led by the prince that was promised, Azor Ahai-reborn. With his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys at his side and wielding the power of dragons, Aegon Targaryen will have to become more than a King or a Dragon-Rider—he will have to become a Conqueror.
