James Cameron Upon receiving the Best Director Oscar, Cameron exclaimed, "I'm king of the world!", in reference to one of the main characters' lines from the film. After receiving the Best Picture Oscar along with Jon Landau, Cameron asked for a moment of silence for the 1,500 men, women, and children who died when the ship sank. In March 2010, Cameron revealed that "Titanic" would be re-released in 3D in April 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the real ship. On March 27, 2012, Cameron attended the world première with Kate Winslet at the Royal Albert Hall in
James Cameron a country he fell in love with when he was filming "Avatar". In 2016, Cameron partnered with Tourism New Zealand to produce a series of videos that expressed his love for the country. Cameron calls himself "Converted Agnostic", and says "I've sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism". As a child he described the Lord's Prayer as being a "tribal chant". He has been a close friend of fellow filmmaker Guillermo del Toro since they met during the production of Del Toro's 1993 film "Cronos". Around 1997, Del Toro's father, Federico del Toro Torres, was kidnapped in Guadalajara;