When was the writer of a film about a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet born?
Chris Columbus (filmmaker) Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Columbus is known for directing movies such as "Home Alone" (1990), "" (1992), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001), and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002), and for writing movies such as "Gremlins" (1984) and "The Goonies" (1985).
Shankar Nag Shankar Nagarakatte (9 November 1954 – 30 September 1990), popularly known as Shankar Nag, was an acclaimed Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer and philanthropist who worked primarily in the Kannada film industry. Besides films, he established himself as a writer and actor in Television and theater. Widely acclaimed for his visionary filmmaking , he directed and acted in the most talked-about teleserial, "Malgudi Days", based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. He co-wrote "22 June 1897", an Indian national award-winning Marathi film. He is the younger brother of actor Anant Nag.