James Cameron (I)

Writer | Producer | Director

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the ...

Born: August 16, 1954

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Filmography

Known For

Avatar Writer (2009)
Titanic Writer (1997)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Writer (1991)
Known For

Aliens Writer (1986)
Writer

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Toruk: The First Flight (2016)
Terminator 2 Remake with Joseph Baena: Bad to the Bone (2016)
BigHead Terminator 2: Judgment Day (2016)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator Genisys: Revolution (2015)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013)
Terminator: Termination (2012)
The Terminator (2011)
Terminator 2: Alternate Cut (2010)
Terminator Salvation (2010)
Avatar (2009)
Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (2009)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Terminator Salvation: TechCom (2009)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (2008)
RoboCop vs Terminator (2006)
Terminator 3: The Redemption (2004)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (2002)
Dark Angel (2000-2002)
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
Titanic (1997)
Terminator: SkyNET (1996)
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)
Strange Days (1995)
True Lies (1995)
True Lies (1994)
The Terminator: Rampage (1993)
RoboCop versus The Terminator (1993)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1993)
The Terminator (1993)
The Terminator (1992)
The Terminator 2029 (1992)
The Terminator (1992)
Teomineiteowa hyeongsa gompaeng-i (1992)
Terminator (1991)
The Terminator (1991)
Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Abyss (1989)
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)
Aliens (1986)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
The Terminator (1984)
Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
Writer

Xenogenesis (1978)
Producer

The Six (2021)
Secrets of the Whales (2021)
Akashinga: The Brave Ones (2020)
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
The Game Changers (2018)
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron (2017)
What Would the Ocean Say? (2017)
Atlantis Rising (2017)
Toruk: The First Flight (2016)
Years of Living Dangerously (2014-2016)
Beyond Glory (2015)
JonTron (2015)
Deepsea Challenge (2014)
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012)
Sanctum (2011)
Avatar (2009)
The Lost Tomb of Jesus (2007)
The Exodus Decoded (2006)
Titanic Adventure (2005)
Last Mysteries of the Titanic (2005)
Aliens of the Deep (2005)
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Expedition: Bismarck (2002)
Solaris (2002)
Dark Angel (2000-2002)
Titanic Explorer (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Strange Days (1995)
True Lies (1994)
Point Break (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Producer

Xenogenesis (1978)
Director

Toruk: The First Flight (2016)
Avatar (2009)
Aliens of the Deep (2005)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Expedition: Bismarck (2002)
Dark Angel (2002)
Earthship.TV (2001)
Titanic (1997)
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)
True Lies (1994)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Abyss (1989)
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
Director

Xenogenesis (1978)
Actor

Rolex Celebrates the Art of Storytelling (2018)
Saturday Night Live James Cameron (1999-2010)
Entourage James Cameron (2005-2006)
Duets Karaoke singer (2000)
The Muse James Cameron (1999)
Mad About You James Cameron (1998)
Titanic Steerage Dancer (1997)
Actor

Your Studio and You James Cameron (1995)
Archive footage

«Mir»: deeper cannot be (2021)
Movies with Mikey (2019)
Entertainment Tonight (2016-2019)
Celebrity Page (2019)
Access Hollywood (2019)
Vegan 2018 (2018)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Vom Steirerbub zum Superstar (2017)
60 Minutes (2010-2016)
Greatest 90s Movies (2016)
30 Greatest Disaster Movies (2015)
Les Chroniques du Mea (2014)
Troldspejlet (2009-2013)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Today's Close Up (2010)
Live from Studio Five (2010)
Running with Arnold (2006)
The 'Alien' Saga (2002)
E! True Hollywood Story (2002)
Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002)
Archive footage

Beyond Titanic (1998)
To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997)
Additional Crew

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Deepsea Challenge (2014)
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
Sanctum (2011)
Other Voices: Back Through Time: Creating 'The Terminator': Cast & Crew Recollections (2001)
Alien Nation (1988)
Additional Crew

Aliens (1986)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Editor

Avatar (2009)
Titanic (1997)
Strange Days (1995)
Editor

True Lies (1994)
Visual Effects

Apollo 13 (1995)
Visual Effects

Escape from New York (1981)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Art Department

Titanic (1997)
Android (1982)
Production Designer

Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Xenogenesis (1978)
Camera and Electrical Department

Titanic (1997)
Camera and Electrical Department

Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss' (1993)
Script and Continuity Department

Point Break (1991)
Art Director

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Cinematographer

Aliens of the Deep (2005)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Owns a home in New Zealand and splits his time between there and California.

[on making Aliens (1986) at Pinewood Studios in England] The Pinewood crew were lazy, insolent and arrogant. We despised them and they despised us. The one thing that kept me going was the certain knowledge that I would drive out of the gate of ...

Trademark

Directs blockbusters which often have one-word titles, which are also the subjects of them: "(The) Terminator", "(The) Abyss", "Titanic", "Aliens" and "Avatar".