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James Cameron
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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
The Oscars
Dark Angel
Saturday Night Live
Entourage
The Colbert Report
HBO First Look
The Movies That Made Us
Mad About You
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
MythBusters
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Arnold
Light & Magic
Titanic
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Ghosts of the Abyss
Aliens of the Deep
Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Secrets of the Whales
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
Mars Rising
Reflections on Titanic
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Mission Blue
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck
Production Credits
Avatar: The Way of Water
Point Break
Secrets of the Elephants
Terminator Genisys
The Game Changers
Secrets of the Octopus
Gravity
Aliens of the Deep
Avatar 4
Terminator Zero
Avatar
Battle Beyond the Stars
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
True Lies
Aliens
Dark Angel
Crash
Years of Living Dangerously
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Escape from New York
Terminator: Dark Fate
Blue Steel
True Lies
Alita: Battle Angel
Apollo 13
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Secrets of the Whales
Avatar 5
Titanic
The Terminator
Ghosts of the Abyss
Super/Natural
Solaris
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