Short Stories: The Autobiography of Columbus Short

Author Bio: Columbus Short

Columbus Short, a film and television actor, producer, and singer/songwriter is best known for his roles in ABC’s Scandal (Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn), Stomp the Yard (Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Meagan Good), Cadillac Records (Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce), Armored (Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne), and The Losers (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba). Short served as choreographer and creative director for Britney Spears’s Onyx Hotel Tour at the age of twenty. His acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served. He then embarked on a career in television, appearing twice in the Disney Channel original series, That’s So Raven, as well as ER and Judging Amy. In 2005, Short founded a film and television production company, Great Picture Show Productions, developed from his passion for writing and producing. The company executive-produced Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming, Strange Fruit, and TVOne Original Movie Mr. Right. In 2008, Short won Best Ensemble for Cadillac Records at the Black Reel Awards and was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance. In 2009, he won the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Cadillac Records. Short starred in and produced the film True to the Game, based on New York Times bestselling author Teri Woods’s urban classic novel of the same name. The film is also coproduced by famed casting director, Leah Daniels-Butler (FOX’s Empire, Precious, The Paperboy) and will star Vivica Fox and Nelsan Ellis.