Raja Gosnell

Raja Raymond Gosnell (born December 9, 1958)^[1] is an American film editor and director. He is known for directing comedies and family films. Among his best known works are Never Been Kissed (1999), Big Momma's House (2000), the two Scooby-Doo movies (2002 and 2004), Home Alone 3 (1997), Yours, Mine & Ours (2005), and two Smurfs movies (2011 and 2013).

Raja Gosnell
Born	Raja Raymond Gosnell (1958-12-09) December 9, 1958 (age 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Film director editor
Years active	1978–present

Early life

Gosnell is named after his father's friend Raja Mohideen.^[2] He was born in Los Angeles, California on December 9, 1958.^[3]

Career

Gosnell's career started in 1980 when he worked with director Robert Altman as an assistant editor on Popeye. His first solo credit as an editor was on the film The Silence. Afterward, Gosnell would serve as editor on a number of films, including Teen Wolf Too, Pretty Woman, and Rookie of the Year.^[3]

He is also known for his collaboration with director Chris Columbus, for whom he edited the films Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993).^[3]

Gosnell made his directorial debut with Home Alone 3 after learning writer and producer John Hughes was looking for a director for the project. Afterwards, he went on to direct more theatrical films, including Never Been Kissed (1999), Big Momma's House (2000), Scooby-Doo (2002), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008), and The Smurfs (2011) and its sequel, The Smurfs 2 (2013).^[3] While many of his films have been met with poor reception from critics, they have generally been very successful at the box office. In 2021, Gosnell co-directed his son, Bradley, in Gun and a Hotel Bible alongside Alicia Joy LeBlanc.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Director

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
1997	Home Alone 3		[4]
1999	Never Been Kissed		[5]
2000	Big Momma's House		[4]
2002	Scooby-Doo
2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2005	Yours, Mine & Ours
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2011	The Smurfs
2013	The Smurfs 2
2018	Show Dogs
2021	Gun and a Hotel Bible	Co-directed with Alicia Joy LeBlanc
TBA	Santa: The Adventure Begins†

Executive producer

• Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
• Show Dogs (2018)

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1978	Remember My Name	Assistant editor
1979	Quintet	Assistant editor (Credited as Raja R. Gosnell)
	A Perfect Couple	Assistant film editor
1980	Health	Assistant editor (Credited as Raja R. Gosnell)
	Popeye
1982	Making Love
1983	Yellowbeard
1984	The Lonely Guy
1986	Monster in the Closet
	Weekend Warriors
	The Return of Billy Jack	Unfinished
1987	Teen Wolf Too
	Good Morning, Vietnam	Additional editor
1988	D.O.A.
	Heartbreak Hotel
1990	Pretty Woman
	Home Alone
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Editor (Rodeo sequence)
	Only the Lonely
1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993	Rookie of the Year
	Mrs. Doubtfire
1994	Exit to Eden	Additional film editor
	Miracle on 34th Street
1995	Nine Months