James Cameron
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
108
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-08-16 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
James Cameron
Biography
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984), and 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. He is a recipient of various other industry accolades, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Cameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He 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 first person to solo descend the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing films of all time, respectively. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion, and is the only director to have had three films grossing over $2 billion. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cameron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
The View
Titanic
MythBusters
The Colbert Report
Entourage
Mad About You
The Oscars
HBO First Look
Click
The Movies That Made Us
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Mission Blue
Directors on Directors
Duets
True Lies
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
LIGHT & MAGIC
Great Minds
The Alien Saga
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Deepsea Challenge 3D
Ghosts of the Abyss
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Capturing Avatar
Your Studio and You
Attack of the Doc!
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Secrets of the Whales
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute
Secrets of the Octopus
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
Aliens Expanded
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
OceanXplorers
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
The Muse
Visionaries
Side by Side
Atlantis Rising
Alien Evolution
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
Mars Rising
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Eating You Alive
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Aliens of the Deep
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
The Six
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Reflections on Titanic
Auto Motives
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Iron and Beyond
Expedition: Bismarck
2001: The Making of a Myth
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck
Inside Pandora's Box
The Exodus Decoded
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
The Making of the Terminator
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Last Mysteries Of The Titanic
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
Amazon Unknown
The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep
A Message from Pandora
Fatal Dive to the Titanic: Truth and Lies
James Cameron & Buzz Aldrin: Explorers - Von der Titanic bis zum Mond
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth
Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction
Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure
History in the Making: Titanic
Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon
