Cameo's in Columbus's work

• In the first two Harry Potter films Columbus gave his daughter Elenor the small role of Susan Bones. Columbus's nephew also appeared in the second Potter film as the 'Boy in the Study Hall'.
• Columbus's other two children, Brendan and Violet appeared as unnamed characters in 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'.
• Elenor Columbus also was in 'Home Alone' as ababy with her mother, and also appearred in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York with Chris Columbus'.
• Violet played a small role in 'I Love You, Beth Cooper' by singing the graduation song at the beginning.

What can we learn from these Cameos?

With Columbus assigning small roles to his family in his works, we can presume that in his personal life he is a real family man, and where he may like to show his children the industry he works in and help them learn more about the film world.

Source of information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Columbus_(filmmaker)