James Francis Cameron was born on Augin Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Philip Cameron, an electrical engineer, and Shirley (née Lowe), an artist and nurse.

2.4 2002–2010: Documentaries and Avatar success.

2.3 1993–2001: Continued efforts and Titanic.

Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses. In 2010, Time magazine named Cameron as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron holds the achievement of having directed the first two of the five films in history to gross over $2 billion worldwide. Avatar and Titanic are the highest and third highest-grossing films of all time, earning $2.85 billion and $2.19 billion, respectively. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to do a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible.Ĭameron's films have grossed approximately US$2 billion in North America and US$6 billion worldwide. Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic sea explorer and has produced many documentaries on the subject, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). Avatar, filmed in 3D technology, earned him nominations in the same categories.Ĭameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. He also directed Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), with Titanic earning him Academy Awards in Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing.

He found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and the action comedy True Lies (1994).

Best known for making science fiction and epic films, he first gained recognition for directing The Terminator (1984).

James Francis Cameron CC (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker.

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