James Cameron

James Francis Cameron born August 16 1954 is a Canadian filmmaker He is a major figure in the postNew Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator 1984 and found further success with Aliens 1986 The Abyss 1989 Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1991 and True Lies 1994 as well as Avatar 2009 and its sequels He directed wrote coproduced and coedited Titanic 1997 winning Academy Awards for Best Picture Best Director and Best Film Editing He is a recipient of various other industry accolades and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress Cameron cofounded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment Digital Domain and Earthship Productions In addition to filmmaking he is a National Geographic explorerinresidence He has produced many documentaries on deepocean exploration including Ghosts of the Abyss 2003 and Aliens of the Deep 2005 Cameron has also 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 solo descend the Mariana Trench the deepest part of the Earths ocean in the Deepsea Challenger submersible Camerons films have grossed over 8 billion worldwide making him the secondhighestgrossing film director Three of Camerons films are among the top four highestgrossing films of all time Avatar 2009 Avatar The Way of Water 2022 and Titanic 1997 are the highest thirdhighest and fourthhighestgrossing films of all time respectively Cameron directed the first film to gross over 1 billion the first two films to gross over 2 billion and is the only director to have had three films grossing over 2 billion In 2010 Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cameron licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia