Biography
Raja Gosnell is an American film editor and director. He began his career as an assistant editor in the late 1970s and received his first solo editing credit on The Lonely Guy (1984).
During the 1990s he edited several films directed by Chris Columbus, including Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), as well as Pretty Woman (1990). He retired from editing after Nine Months (1995).
Gosnell made his directorial debut with Home Alone 3 (1997). Subsequent directing credits include Never Been Kissed (1999), Big Momma's House (2000), Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013).
