James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University but, after graduating, drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director...See full bio »
1981Escape from New York
(director of photography: special visual effects - as Jim Cameron, matte artwork - as Jim Cameron)
1980Battle Beyond the Stars
(additional director of photography: special photographic effects - as Jim Cameron, miniature design and construction - as Jim Cameron)
(1988) Music video: Directed "Reach," for Martini Reach, a new-wave group that featured Bill Paxton. This is the only music video that Cameron has ever directed.
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[on using newly developed 3D cameras, and traditional film] "If I never touch film again, I'd be happy. Filmmaking is not about film, not about sprockets. It's about ideas, it's about images, it's about imagination, it's about storytelling. If I had the cameras I'm using now when I was shooting
Titanic, I would have shot it using them."
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Trivia:
Insists that any actor in his films must audition for him, even major stars.
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Trademark:
Directs blockbusters which often have one-word titles, which are also the subjects of them: "(The) Terminator", "(The) Abyss", "Titanic", "Aliens", and "Avatar."
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