James cameron

James Francis Cameron [2] (born
August 16,
1954) is a Canadian film director,
film producer,
deep-sea explorer, screenwriter,
and editor. [3]
[4][5][6] He first found success with
the
science-fiction hit The Terminator
(1984). He
then became a popular Hollywood
director and
was hired to write & direct Aliens
(1986) and
three years later followed up with
The Abyss
(1989). He found further critical
acclaim for his
use of special effects in the action
packed
blockbuster Terminator 2:
Judgment Day
(1991). After his film True Lies
(1994) Cameron
took on his biggest film at the
time, Titanic
(1997), which earned him three
Academy
Awards for Best Picture , Best
Director and Film
Editing. After Titanic , Cameron
began a project
that took almost 10 years to make:
his science-
fiction epic Avatar (2009), for which
he received
the three same Academy Award
nominations. In
the time between making Titanic
and Avatar ,
Cameron spent several years
creating many
documentary films (specifically
underwater
documentaries) and co-developed
the digital 3D
Fusion Camera System . Described
by a
biographer as part-scientist and
part-artist, [7]
Cameron has also contributed to
underwater
filming and remote vehicle
technologies. [5][6]
[8] On March 26, 2012, Cameron
reached the
bottom of the Mariana Trench , the
deepest part
of the ocean, in the Deepsea
Challenger
submersible. [9][10][11] He is the
first person to
do this in a solo descent, and is
only the third
person to do so ever.
He has been nominated for six
Academy
Awards overall and won three for
Titanic . In
total, Cameron's directorial efforts
have grossed
approximately US$2 billion in
North America
and US$6 billion worldwide. [12]
Not adjusted
for inflation, Cameron's Titanic and
Avatar are
the two highest-grossing films of
all time at
$2.19 billion and $2.78 billion
respectively. [13]
In March 2011 he was named
Hollywood's top
earner by Vanity Fair, with
estimated 2010
earnings of $257 million. [14] In
October 2013 a
new species of frog Pristimantis
jamescameroni
from Venezuela was named after
him in
recognition of his efforts in
environmental
awareness, in addition to his
public promotion
of vegetarianism. [15][16]