James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New 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, co-produced, and co-edited 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 co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean 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 Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Alien, Terror in Space as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates as Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer
- 2024 · OceanXplorers as Voice
- 2024 · Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli as Self
- 2024 · The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute as Self
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Attack of the Doc! as Self
- 2023 · Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- 2023 · Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron as Self
- 2022 · Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2022 · Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Director
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Director, The Abyss / Director, Terminator 2
- 2021 · Great Minds as Self
- 2021 · Secrets of the Whales as
- 2021 · Variety Studio: Directors on Directors as Self
- 2020 · Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck as Self
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self - Host
- 2017 · Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron as Self
- 2017 · T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2017 · Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- 2016 · Eating You Alive as Self
- 2015 · StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
- 2014 · Deepsea Challenge 3D as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2012 · Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2010 · Capturing Avatar as Self
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora as Self
- 2007 · Mars Rising as Himself
- 2005 · SNL Digital Shorts as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us as Self
- 2005 · Aliens of the Deep as Self
- 2004 · Entourage as Self
- 2003 · Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
- 2003 · Ghosts of the Abyss as Self
- 2003 · MythBusters as Self
- 2000 · Dark Angel as Himself
- 2000 · Duets as Karaoke singer (uncredited)
- 2000 · Click as Self
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1999 · The Muse as James Cameron
- 1997 · Titanic as Steerage Dancer (uncredited)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1992 · Mad About You as James Cameron
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1991 · The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1967 · The World About Us as Narrator - (Voice)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self
- 2024 · Disney Legends Awards Ceremony as Self
- 2024 · Aliens Expanded as Self
- 2024 · Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self - Director (archive footage)
- 2024 · Fatal Dive to the Titanic: Truth and Lies as Self
- 2023 · Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self
- 2021 · The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World as Self
- 2021 · The Six as Self
- 2020 · Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy as Self
- 2017 · Atlantis Rising as Self
- 2014 · Mission Blue as Self
- 2013 · Amazon Unknown as Self
- 2013 · From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking as Self - Filmmaker
- 2012 · James Cameron & Buzz Aldrin: Explorers - Von der Titanic bis zum Mond as
- 2012 · Reflections on Titanic as Self
- 2012 · Titanic: 100 Years On as Self
- 2012 · Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron as Self
- 2012 · James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth as Self
- 2011 · Tipping Point: The End of Oil as Self
- 2011 · Brian May's Brief History of 3D as Self
- 2011 · Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth as Self
- 2010 · A Message from Pandora as Self
- 2006 · The Exodus Decoded as Narrator
- 2006 · Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon as Self
- 2005 · Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure as Self
- 2005 · Last Mysteries Of The Titanic as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
- 2003 · No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects as
- 2002 · Expedition: Bismarck as Self
- 2002 · Iron and Beyond as Self - Director
- 2002 · The Alien Saga as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Alien Evolution as Self
- 2001 · Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' as Self
- 2001 · 2001: The Making of a Myth as Self
- 2000 · The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self
- 1999 · Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
- 1998 · Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs as Self
- 1995 · Your Studio and You as James Cameron
- 1993 · Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' as Self
- 1993 · T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
- 1992 · The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective as Self
- 1985 · The Making of the Terminator as Self
- Future · 2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars as Self
- Future · Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction as Self