James Cameron
Return to Avatar (2009 film), The Terminator, james_cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, engineer and environmentalist. He is best known for making science fiction and Epic film | epic films for the Hollywood mainstream. Cameron first gained recognition for directing The Terminator (1984). He found further critical and commercial success with Aliens (film) | Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991), and the comedy thriller True Lies (1994). His other big-budget productions include Titanic (1997 film) | Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009 film) | Avatar (2009), with the former earning him Academy Awards in Academy Award for Best Picture | Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director | Best Director and Academy Award for Best Film Editing | Best Film Editing. Avatar, filmed in 3D technology, also garnered him nominations in the same categories.
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. Avatar and Titanic are List of highest-grossing films | the second and third highest-grossing films of all time, earning $2.78 billion and $2.19 billion, respectively. As of 2020, 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) | Time magazine named Cameron as one of the 2010 | 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses.