James Cameron
Directing
- Born:
- 1954-08-16
- Place of birth:
- Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
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
Filmography
Terminator, des machines et des hommes... et une femme
Disney Worldbuilders
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
James Cameron: Exploring Minds
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Igniting the Flame: The Making of “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Visionaries
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
OceanXplorers
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli
Aliens Expanded
Secrets of the Octopus
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute
Fatal Dive to the Titanic: Truth and Lies
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Attack of the Doc!
Inside Pandora's Box
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
LIGHT & MAGIC
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Great Minds
Secrets of the Whales
The Six
Directors on Directors
Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
The Movies That Made Us
Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Atlantis Rising
Eating You Alive
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Deepsea Challenge 3D
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Mission Blue
Amazon Unknown
James Cameron & Buzz Aldrin: Explorers - Von der Titanic bis zum Mond
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Reflections on Titanic
Side by Side
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
Capturing Avatar
A Message from Pandora
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Mars Rising
The Exodus Decoded
Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon
Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure
The Colbert Report
Last Mysteries Of The Titanic
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Aliens of the Deep
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Entourage
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Ghosts of the Abyss
MythBusters
Expedition: Bismarck
Iron and Beyond
The Alien Saga
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Alien Evolution
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
2001: The Making of a Myth
Duets
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
Click
Auto Motives
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
The Muse
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
History in the Making: Titanic
Titanic
The View
Your Studio and You
True Lies
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
Mad About You
HBO First Look
The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective
The Making of 'Alien³'
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
The Making of the Terminator
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction
Monster Maker