John Bruno (special effects) John Bruno (special effects) John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like "", "True Lies", "Titanic", "Avatar", and "The Abyss", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also contributed to other blockbuster films including "Ghostbusters", "Batman Returns", "Cliffhanger", "", and "". He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film "Virus", starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland. He currently holds five Oscar nominations and two BAFTA Award nominations. All 6 films were in the category of Best Visual Effects
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