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 R. Cameron James R. Cameron James Reese Cameron (born 1929) is an educator and historian. An Ohio native, Cameron began his undergraduate education at the Ohio State University. He transferred to the Eastern Nazarene College and received his bachelor's degree in history. He received his master's degree and doctoral degree from Boston University, in 1952 and 1959, respectively. Cameron began teaching at Eastern Nazarene Academy in 1951, soon after his graduation from the Eastern Nazarene College. He started teaching at the college in 1954, and the academy closed after 1955. He became chair of the history department there in 1959 after the