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James Cameron
Thank God for his waking nightmare!!!
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James Cameron was born on August 16, 1954, in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Cameron, the mastermind behind the first
two Terminator films ('The Terminator'
and 'T2 Judgment Day'),
began his illustrious career as a truck driver. Having attended California State University, Cameron had achieved a
degree in Physics but had his heart set on screenwriting. Supporting himself with his day job and writing in his spare
time, Cameron finally got into the business, as a set designer/art director/second unit director for Roger Corman's 1980
film 'Battle Beyond the Stars'. He claims to have gotten his big break when a few producers happened to catch him shooting
pick-up shots for Battle and were impressed by his improvisational direction.
He directed his first feature film, 'Piranha II: The Spawning', in 1981. Though not exactly his finest work, Cameron
maintains that it is still the greatest flying-killer-piranha film ever made.
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In 1984, Cameron struck gold when he managed to cast 'Conan the Barbarian' star Arnold Schwarzenegger
in his own film, one that he personally had written. 'The Terminator'
became a sleeper hit, launching Cameron's career as well as many of the cast members.
Next, in 1986, Cameron wrote and directed the popular sequel 'Aliens'. He broke new ground with incredible morphing
technology in 1989's 'The Abyss', and then did it again in 1991's mega-budget, mega-hit 'T2 Judgment Day'.
A notorious overspender, Cameron broke records by pouring more than $100 million into 'True Lies' in 1994. His short 1996
film for the Universal Studios theme park, 'T2:3D Battle Across Time',
though only 12 minutes long, is rumoured to be (minute-for-minute) the most expensive film ever. And, in 1997, Cameron broke
an even more ridiculous record by spending a staggering $200 million on the juggernaut that is 'Titanic' (also the highest
grossing film ever made yet). Since Titanic's there have been some other films, including 'Solaris' starring George Clooney.
Cameron's production company is called 'Lightstorm Entertainment'. He also founded 'Digital Domain', a special effects company.
Cameron has been married four times and has a daughter with Terminator star Linda Hamilton.
Selected news (in reverse order)
- See it... to believe it (Jul 12, 2007)
- T4: No fate but what they make (Apr 14, 2007)
- An uber-cool Terminator 3D movie poster (Feb 13, 2007)
- James Cameron student film Xenogenesis (Jan 19, 2007)
- Terminator's real daddy (Nov 19, 2006)
- Cameron comes back with CG extravaganza (Jul 9, 2006)
- Cameron: King of the Virtual World? (Feb 5, 2006)
- New T4 rumours. Claire in, Jim out. (Nov 4, 2005)
- Camerons next cyborg (Jan 13, 2005)
- Camerons new sci-fi movie (Nov 28, 2004)
- Cameron's fat wage for Terminator 5 (Jun 13, 2004)
- Terminator 4, Terminator 5 & James Cameron (Jun 4, 2004)
- James Cameron Terminator 4 petition (Feb 7, 2004)
- Cameron's comeback (Jan 23, 2004)
- Cameron loves Terminator 3 (Jul 7, 2003)
- Cameron views and rants (Apr 29, 2003)
- James Cameron answers fans! (Apr 22, 2003)
- Cameron on Terminator 3 (Apr 15, 2003)
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