James Cameron filmography 1986, he directed and wrote the science fiction action sequel "Aliens" starring Sigourney Weaver. He followed this by directing another science fiction film "The Abyss" (1989). In 1991, Cameron directed the sequel to "The Terminator", "" (with Schwarzenegger reprising his role), and also executive produced the action crime film "Point Break". Three years later he directed a third Schwarzenegger-starring action film "True Lies" (1994). In 1997, Cameron directed, wrote, and produced the epic romantic disaster film "Titanic" which grossed over $1.84 billion at the worldwide box-office and became the highest grossing of all time. He received the Academy Award for
James Cameron (activist) death, Cameron was the only known survivor in the United States of a lynching attempt, which occurred when he was a 16-year-old suspect in a murder/robbery case in Marion, Indiana; two older teenagers were killed by the mob, a spectacle of thousands. Cameron was born February 25, 1914, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to James Herbert Cameron and Vera Carter. After his father left the family, they moved to Birmingham, Alabama, and then to Marion, Indiana. When James was 14, his mother remarried. In August 1930, when Cameron was 16 years old, he had gone out with two older teenage African-American