James Cameron James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. After working in special effects, he found major success after directing and writing the science fiction action film "The Terminator" (1984). He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct "Aliens" (1986); three years later he followed up with "The Abyss" (1989). He found further critical acclaim for his use of special effects in "" (1991). After his film "True Lies" (1994), Cameron took on his biggest film at the time, "Titanic" (1997), which earned him Academy Awards
James Cameron filmography Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with the other producers. It had a total of 14 Oscar nominations (tying the record set by the 1950 drama "All About Eve") and won 11 (tying the record set by the 1959 epic historical drama "Ben-Hur"). Cameron also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and shared the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama with the other producers. He followed this by directing, and producing two underwater documentaries: "Ghosts of the Abyss" (2003), and "Aliens of the Deep"