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) in childbirth near the start of World War II. He later married Elizabeth (who already had a son Desmond Roderic O’Conor by a previous marriage) and then Moni; and had two children, Elma and Fergus. James Cameron died of a stroke in his sleep on 26 January 1985. He was 73. Among his literary relatives are the Gighan poet the Rev Kenneth Macleod – of "The Road to the Isles" fame – and the writer the Rev Dr John Urquhart Cameron of St Andrews. There is an annual James Cameron Award Ceremony in London. Previous winners include: From 2017 onwards,