Duel (1971)
Before he became a director he was a truck driver.
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James Cameron is one of the greatest and most successful film makers of all time. His achievements started in the 1980's and continue until this day, with the release of the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Which of these facts about his life and career do you find most interesting?
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James Cameron at an event for The Terminator (1984)
During the shooting of Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), he fell ill and had a nightmare of an invincible robot. That was the inspiration behind The Terminator (1984). -
James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)
Cameron wrote most of the screenplay of Terminator in his car. -
Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
He won a Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). -
James Cameron at an event for Aliens (1986)
The Abyss (1989) was based on an idea of his high school Biology class. The film was considered one of the most expensive films (budgeted at $41 million) of that time. -
James Cameron in The Abyss (1989)
He almost died during the filming of The Abyss (1989), when while filming an underwater scene he ran out of the air and tried to make it to the surface. It pushed water into his lungs, and he had to punch the diver to free himself and make it to the surface. -
James Cameron and Linda Hamilton in The Terminator (1984)
He was married to Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor). -
James Cameron in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
He carries a piece of shrapnel in his arm since the making of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) that never came out. -
James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet in Titanic (1997)
Titanic was released on December 19, 1997, was still in theaters when it also came out on VHS on Sept. 1, 1998. It's the first and probably only film to accomplish such a feat. -
James Cameron in Titanic (1997)
Titanic (1997) is the first movie of all time to earn more than $1 billion. -
Titanic (1997)
The drawings of Jack Dawson in the film were drawn by James Cameron. The hands, which were shown in the film while drawing Rose’s pose, were that of James Cameron’s. -
Titanic (1997)
Titanic has a duration of nearly 3 hours. It is the same amount of time the actual Titanic took to sink. -
Céline Dion in Céline Dion: My Heart Will Go On (1997)
James Cameron originally didn't want Céline Dion's “My Heart Will Go On” at the end of Titanic (1997). He wanted the end credits to be silent. After he heard the song he changed his mind. The song became one of the most famous hits of all time and played a big role in the film’s success. -
James Cameron and Suzy Amis at an event for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
He is married to Titanic actress Suzy Amis -
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
To make Titanic more realistic, he dived to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean multiple times and shot the footage of the actual Titanic ship underwater and inserted them into the final film. He wrote most of the dialogues of Titanic during his dives. -
James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Kate Winslet in Titanic (1997)
He is considered notorious on sets due to his dictatorial and uncompromising manner. Most of the people who have worked with him, have complained about his temper for the sudden change in the schedule and budget. -
James Cameron
King of the Oscars! Titanic is the most sucessful movie in Academy Award history (along with Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)) with 11 wins. It's also the film with the most nominations (14) alongside All About Eve (1950) and La La Land (2016). -
Zoe Saldana in Avatar (2009)
Cameron tried to make Avatar in 1999, next after Titanic. But, due to an estimated budget of $400 million, he thought no studio would fund the film, and delayed it for almost 10 years. -
James Cameron in Avatar (2009)
He is the king of box office! Avatar (2009) is the most successful movie of all time with earnings of $2,922,917,914 billion. -
Kathryn Bigelow at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
In the 2010 Academy Awards, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Avatar along with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for her film The Hurt Locker (2008). However, he couldn’t win the Award as Kathryn won the Award. -
James Cameron in Deepsea Challenge (2014)
On 26 March 2012, Cameron reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench which is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. The depth was 10,898 metres. -
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
He loves the ocean. -
CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
The Avatar sequel is the most expensive movie ever made with nearly 400 million-dollar budget.
