From Ben Afflecks dealmaker to Keith Olbermanns Republican pit bull, The Hollywood Reporters definitive list of the best in the business. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. THE-GREAT-GATSBY-628x314.jpg' alt='Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' />James Cameron Wikipedia. James Cameron. Cameron in July 2. Born. James Francis Cameron1. August 1. 6, 1. 95. Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Residence. Malibu, California, U. S. Wairarapa, New Zealand. Alma mater. Fullerton College. California State University, Fullerton. Occupation. Filmmaker, environmentalist, explorer, philanthropist. Years active. 19. Net worth US1. 7. SpousesSharon Williamsm. Gale Anne Hurdm.  1. Kathryn Bigelowm. Linda Hamiltonm.  1. Suzy Amism.  2. 00. Children. 4Awards. See below. James Francis Cameron2 born August 1. Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' />Canadian filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, and deep sea explorer. After working in special effects, he found major success after directing and writing the science fiction action film The Terminator 1. He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct Aliens 1. The Abyss 1. 98. He found further critical acclaim for his use of special effects in Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1. After his film True Lies 1. The_Great_Gatsby_76.jpg' alt='Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch The Great Gatsby Online Hollywoodreporter' />MRC is a diversified global media company with operations in filmed entertainment, television programming and original digital content. The company is the industry. As long as trolls are still trolling, the Rick will never stop rolling. Cameron took on his biggest film at the time, Titanic 1. Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. After Titanic, Cameron began a project that took almost 1. Avatar 2. 00. 9, which was in particular a landmark for 3. D technology, and for which he received nominations for the same three Academy Awards. Despite Avatar being his only movie made to date in 3. D, Cameron is the most successful 3. D film maker in terms of box office revenue. In the time between making Titanic and Avatar, Cameron spent several years creating many documentary films specifically underwater documentaries and co developed the digital 3. D Fusion Camera System. Watch Stargate Atlantis Season 2 Episode 12 on this page. Described by a biographer as part scientist and part artist,6 Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies. On March 2. Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. He is the first person to do this in a solo descent, and is only the third person to do so ever. In total, Camerons directorial efforts have grossed approximately US2 billion in North America and US6 billion worldwide. Not adjusted for inflation, Camerons Titanic and Avatar are the two highest grossing films of all time at 2. Cameron also holds the achievement of having directed two of the three films in history to gross over 2 billion worldwide. In March 2. 01. 1, he was named Hollywoods top earner by Vanity Fair, with estimated 2. In October 2. 01. Pristimantis jamescameroni from Venezuela was named after him in recognition of his efforts in environmental awareness, in addition to his public promotion of veganism. Early life. Cameron was born in 1. Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley ne Lowe, an artist and nurse, and Phillip Cameron, an electrical engineer. His paternal great great great grandfather emigrated from Balquhidder, Scotland, in 1. Cameron grew up in Chippawa, Ontario, and attended Stamford Collegiate School in Niagara Falls, Ontario. His family moved to Brea, California in 1. Cameron was 1. 7 years old. He dropped out of Sonora High School, then attended Brea Olinda High School to further his secondary education. Cameron enrolled at Fullerton College, a two year community college, in 1. He switched to English, then dropped out before the start of the fall 1. Next, he worked several jobs, including as a truck driver, writing when he had time. During this period he taught himself about special effects Id go down to the USC library and pull any thesis that graduate students had written about optical printing, or front screen projection, or dye transfers, anything that related to film technology. That way I could sit down and read it, and if theyd let me photocopy it, I would. If not, Id make notes. Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry after seeing Star Wars in 1. When Cameron read Syd Fields book Screenplay, it occurred to him that integrating science and art was possible, and he wrote a 1. Xenogenesis. They raised money, rented camera, lenses, film stock and studio then shot it in 3. They dismantled the camera to understand how to operate it and spent the first half day of the shoot trying to figure out how to get it running. Early career. He was the director, writer, producer, and production designer for Xenogenesis 1. He then became an uncredited production assistant on Rock and Roll High School in 1. Watch Isis Rising: Curse Of The Lady Mummy Online on this page. While continuing to educate himself in filmmaking techniques, Cameron started working as a miniature model maker at Roger Corman Studios. Making rapidly produced, low budget productions taught Cameron to work efficiently. He soon found employment as an art director in the sci fi movie Battle Beyond the Stars 1. He did special effects work design and direction on John Carpenters Escape from New York 1. Galaxy of Terror 1. Android 1. 98. 2. Cameron was hired as the special effects director for the sequel to Piranha, entitled Piranha II The Spawning in 1. The original director, Miller Drake, left the project due to creative differences with producer Ovidio Assonitis, who then gave Cameron his first job as director. The interior scenes were filmed in Rome, Italy, while the underwater sequences were shot at Grand Cayman Island. The movie was to be produced in Jamaica. On location, production slowed due to numerous problems and adverse weather. James Cameron was fired after failing to get a close up of Carole Davis in her opening scene. Ovidio ordered Cameron to do the close up the next day before he started on that days shooting. Cameron spent the entire day sailing around the resort, reproducing the lighting but still failed to get the close up. After he was fired, Ovidio invited Cameron to stay on location and assist in the shooting. Once in Rome, Ovidio took over the editing when Cameron was stricken with food poisoning. During his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator, which later catapulted his film career. Major films. The Terminator 1. Cameron in September 1. After completing a screenplay for The Terminator, Cameron decided to sell it so that he could direct the movie. Watch No Stranger Than Love Torent Free there. However, the production companies he contacted, while expressing interest in the project, were unwilling to let a largely inexperienced feature film director make the movie. Finally, Cameron found a company called Hemdale Pictures, which was willing to let him direct. Gale Anne Hurd, who had started her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, had previously worked with Cameron in Roger Cormans company and agreed to buy Camerons screenplay for one dollar, on the condition that Cameron direct the film. Hurd was signed on as a producer, and Cameron finally got his first break as director. Orion Pictures distributed the film. Hurd and Cameron were married from 1. For the role of the Terminator, Cameron envisioned a man who was not exceptionally muscular, who could blend into a crowd. Lance Henriksen, who had starred in Piranha II The Spawning, was considered for the title role, but when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cameron first met over lunch to discuss Schwarzeneggers playing the role of Kyle Reese, both came to the conclusion that the cyborg villain would be the more compelling role for the Austrian bodybuilder Henriksen got the smaller part of LAPD detective Hal Vukovich and the role of Kyle Reese went to Michael Biehn. In addition, Linda Hamilton first appeared in this film in her iconic role of Sarah Connor, and later married Cameron. The Terminator was a box office hit, breaking expectations by Orion Pictures executives that the film would be regarded as no more than a sci fi film, and then only last a week in theaters. It was a low budget film which cost 6. However, The Terminator eventually earned over 7.