James Cameron 2010). Cameron did not receive any major mainstream filmmaking awards prior to "Titanic". For "Titanic", he won several, including Academy Awards for Best Picture (shared with Jon Landau), Best Director and Best Film Editing (shared with Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris). Cameron is one of the few filmmakers to win three Oscars in a single evening and Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director. In recognition of "a distinguished career as a Canadian filmmaker", Carleton University, Ottawa, awarded Cameron the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts on June 13, 1998. Cameron accepted the degree
James Cameron (journalist) featured him and other commentators talking to the camera about topics of interest to them. Cameron also wrote a radio play, "The Pump" (1973), based on his experience of open heart surgery, which won a Prix Italia award in 1973. In his last years, he wrote a column for "The Guardian". Cameron wrote two volumes of autobiography: "Point of Departure", a chronicle of his life, and "An Indian Summer", about his relationship with India; his marriage to his third wife, Moni, originally of Indian nationality, and his serious car accident and near death in Calcutta. Cameron's first wife, Elma, died