James Cameron
CountryCanada 
GenderMale
BirthdayAug. 16, 1954
BiographyJames Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, his films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A recipient of numerous accolades, he often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. He co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Born in Kapuskasing, Cameron enrolled at Fullerton College, and then studied at the USC library. He began his career with the 1978 short film Xenogenesis, but he first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984). He has since found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005).
Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the world's deepest man, i.e. the first person to complete a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Three of Cameron's films—Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997)—are amongst the top four highest-grossing films of all time, with Avatar (2009) on the top spot. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion each, and is the only director to have had three films gross over $2 billion each. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses.
Biography from the Wikipedia article James Cameron. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born in Kapuskasing, Cameron enrolled at Fullerton College, and then studied at the USC library. He began his career with the 1978 short film Xenogenesis, but he first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984). He has since found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence and has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005).
Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the world's deepest man, i.e. the first person to complete a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Three of Cameron's films—Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997)—are amongst the top four highest-grossing films of all time, with Avatar (2009) on the top spot. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion each, and is the only director to have had three films gross over $2 billion each. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses.
Biography from the Wikipedia article James Cameron. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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