Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus.
The film is the first installment in the "Percy Jackson" film series and is based on the 2005 novel "The Lightning Thief", the first novel in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan.
It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan.
The movie was released to theaters on February 12, 2010 in the United States by 20th Century Fox.
The film cost $95 million to make.
It received mixed reviews from critics and a largely negative response from fans, with criticism for the unfaithfulness to its source material and its script, but praise for Lerman's performance and the action sequences.
Despite the response, the film grossed $226.4 million worldwide.
The film was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray.
A video game based on the film developed by Activision was released for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010.
A sequel, , was released on August 7, 2013.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for his work in family and sentimental films.
Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts.
After writing screenplays for "Gremlins" (1984) and
"The Goonies" (1985)
, he made his directorial debut with a teen comedy, "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987).
Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy-dramas, "Home Alone" (1990) and  (1992), the latter earning him two nominations each in the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
The comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus.
He went on to direct "Nine Months" (1995),
"Stepmom" (1998) and "Bicentennial Man" (1999), which were met with lukewarm reception.
His greatest commercial successes have been "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) and its sequel, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002).
He also directed  (2010)
another critical financial success.
Columbus has produced a number of films, including "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004), "Night at the Museum" (2006) "and The Help" (2011), all of which were well received.
In 2015, he directed a 3D film, "Pixels".
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.
Percy Jackson (footballer, born 1907)
Percy Jackson( 19 January 1907 – 4 August 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League( VFL).
John Rocco
Christopher John Rocco( born July 9, 1967), simply known as John Rocco is an American illustrator of book covers and children's books.
He is best known for illustrating the covers of books in the" Percy Jackson& the Olympians" series.
He is the sole creator of some children's picture books.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Ian Barry (director)
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson:
Sea of Monsters( also known as Percy Jackson& the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters) is a 2013 American action fantasy adventure film directed by Thor Freudenthal.
It is the second and final installment in the" Percy Jackson" film series and is based on the 2006 novel" The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan.
It is a sequel to the 2010 film.
The film continues the adventures of Percy Jackson( Logan Lerman) and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece at the Sea of Monsters.
Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, and Jake Abel reprise their roles from the previous film, while Nathan Fillion and Anthony Head replace Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan.
New additions to the cast include Leven Rambin, Douglas Smith, and Stanley Tucci.
The film was produced by Karen Rosenfelt and Michael Barnathan.
Chris Columbus, who directed the first film, serves as executive producer.
The plot centers on Percy and his friends as they journey to the eponymous Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to save the tree( barrier) that protects their home.
The film was released in North America on August 7, 2013.
It received mixed critical reviews, with praise for the visuals, action sequences, and Lerman's performance, but criticized its script, unfaithfulness to its source material, and ending.
It also grossed$ 199.8 million at the box office worldwide.
The film was released on Blu-ray 3D, Blu -ray, and DVD on December 17, 2013.
A sequel," Titan's Curse", was planned, but never got off the ground.
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell Riordan Jr.( born June 5, 1964) is an American author.
He is known for writing the" Percy Jackson& the Olympians" series, about a twelve- year- old Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of Greek God Poseidon.
His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US.
20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films.
His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
Riordan's first full- length novel was" Big Red Tequila", which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series.
His big breakthrough was" The Lightning Thief"( 2005), the first novel in the five- volume Percy Jackson series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco- Roman mythological setting.
Since then, Riordan has written" The Kane Chronicles" trilogy and" The Heroes of Olympus" series.
" The Kane Chronicles"( 2010- 2012) focused on Egyptian mythology;" The Heroes of Olympus" was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series.
Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop" The 39 Clues" series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book," The Maze of Bones"( 2008).
His most recent publications are three books in the" Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard" series, based on Norse mythology.
The first book of his" The Trials of Apollo" series based on Greek mythology," The Hidden Oracle", was released in May 2016.

Question: Where was the director of film Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief born?
Answer: Spangler