Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Columbus had most success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, winning a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film. —Wikipedia
For the longest time I ignored Harry Potter...until I saw the trailer for this and I immediately got the books and read all that was available at the time and loved them. To my surprise, I loved this movie as well and was shocked at how faithful both to the word and in spirit as well. Wonderful direction and performances, great FX, awesome music, and a well told story. I still feel that way to this day.