James Cameron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

James Cameron

Canadian film director

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1954

Place of Birth: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

Profession: screenwriter, actor, engineer, inventor, film director, film producer, director, film editor, explorer, philanthropist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About James Cameron

  • James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and environmentalist, who is best known for making science fiction and epic films for the Hollywood mainstream. Cameron first gained recognition for directing The Terminator (1984).
  • He found further critical and commercial success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994).
  • His greatest big-budget productions have been Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), the former earning him Academy Awards in Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing.
  • Avatar, filmed in 3D technology, also garnered him nominations in the same categories. He also co-founded Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain and Earthship Productions.
  • In addition to his filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer of the sea and has produced a number of documentaries on the subject.
  • Cameron 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 perform a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible.In total, Cameron's films have grossed approximately US$2 billion in North America and US$6 billion worldwide.
  • Cameron's Avatar and Titanic are the second and third highest-grossing films of all time, earning $2.78 billion and $2.19 billion, respectively.
  • Cameron holds the achievement of having directed the first two of the five films in history to gross over $2 billion worldwide.
  • In 2010, Time magazine named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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