James Cameron Add to My Celebs Age 57 Birthday Aug. 16th, 1954 Born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada Height 6' 2"

James Cameron's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Mars Rising James Cameron

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Aliens of the Deep 2004 - The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2003 - Ghost's Of The Abyss 1999 - The Muse 1997 - Titanic 1995 - Your Studio and You

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

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 (I). 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.


TRIVIA:

• A magazine article written about him in the 1980s described how he had three desks set up in his house. At one desk, he was writing the script to _The Terminator (1984)_ (qv), on another, he was finishing the script to _Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)_ (qv) and on the third, he was writing _Aliens (1986)_ (qv).
• Had daughter, Elizabeth Rose, with Suzi Amis born on 29 December 2006.
• First wife Sharon Williams got just $1,200 from Cameron in their divorce settlement.
• Received a star at Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. Says he's too cheap to pay for a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 2007- Ranked #3 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
• First director to film both a $100 million (_Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv)) and a $200 million (_Titanic (1997)_ (qv)) movie.
• Co-created the newly high-definition video system with cinematographer 'Vince Pace' (qv) that was recently used to film _Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)_ (qv).
• Married one of his producers and two of his actresses.

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