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