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James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University but, after graduating, drove a truck to support his screen-writing ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and debuted as a director with Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) the following year. In 1984, he wrote and directed The Terminator (1984), a futuristic action-thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. It was a huge success. After this came a string of successful science-fiction action films such as Aliens (1986) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Cameron is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. He was formerly married to producer Gale Anne Hurd, who produced several of his films. He married Kathryn Bigelow in 1989.
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James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University but, after graduating, drove a truck to support his screen-writing ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and debuted as a director with Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) the following year. In 1984, he wrote and directed The Terminator (1984), a futuristic action-thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. It was a huge success. After this came a string of successful science-fiction action films such as Aliens (1986) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Cameron is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. He was formerly married to producer Gale Anne Hurd, who produced several of his films. He married Kathryn Bigelow in 1989.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Dark Angel
Saturday Night Live
Entourage
The Colbert Report
SNL Digital Shorts
HBO First Look
The Movies That Made Us
Mad About You
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
MythBusters
Light & Magic
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Titanic
The Oscars
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Ghosts of the Abyss
Aliens of the Deep
Arnold
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Secrets of the Whales
Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck
Reflections on Titanic
Mars Rising
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
Mission Blue
Production Credits
Terminator Genisys
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Super/Natural
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator: Dark Fate
Solaris
Avatar 4
Crash
Terminator Zero
Secrets of the Octopus
Aliens of the Deep
Blue Steel
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Aliens
Battle Beyond the Stars
The Game Changers
Secrets of the Elephants
True Lies
Escape from New York
Alita: Battle Angel
Avatar
True Lies
Secrets of the Whales
Gravity
Avatar 5
Ghosts of the Abyss
Avatar: The Way of Water
Years of Living Dangerously
Titanic
Dark Angel
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
The Terminator
Point Break
Apollo 13
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