James Cameron Cameron's "Titanic" and "Avatar" are the two highest-grossing films of all time at $2.19 billion and $2.78 billion respectively. Cameron also holds the distinction of having directed the first two of the four films in history to gross over $2 billion worldwide (the later two being "" and ""). In March 2011, he was named Hollywood's top earner by "Vanity Fair", with estimated 2010 earnings of $257 million. In October 2013, a new species of frog "Pristimantis jamescameroni" from Venezuela was named after him in recognition of his efforts in environmental awareness, in addition to his public promotion of veganism.
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