Avatar (2009 film) Avatar (2009 film) Avatar, marketed as James Cameron's Avatar, is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's
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