James Cameron for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. After "Titanic", Cameron began a project that took almost 10 years to make: his science-fiction epic "Avatar" (2009), which was in particular a landmark for 3D technology, and for which he received nominations for the same three Academy Awards. Despite "Avatar" being his only movie made to date in 3D, Cameron is the most successful 3D film-maker in terms of box-office revenue. In the time between making "Titanic" and "Avatar", Cameron spent several years creating many documentary films (specifically underwater documentaries) and co-developed the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. Described by
James Cameron the main characters usually get into dramatic crisis situations with significant threats to their own life or even the threat of an impending apocalypse. "The Abyss" dealt with deep sea exploration (shot in an unfinished nuclear reactor filled with water) and Cameron himself became an expert in the field of deep-sea wreckage exploration, exploring the wreckage of the "Titanic" and the "Bismarck". Cameron will return to this theme with "The Dive", shooting from a minisub. Cameron has written the scripts to all the movies that he has directed. He has contributed to many more projects as a writer, director, and