James Francis Cameron[1] CC (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, artist, and

environmentalist, who is best known for making science fiction and epic films for
the Hollywood mainstream. Cameron first gained recognition for directing The Terminator (1984).
He found further critical and commercial success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2:
Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994). His greatest big-budget productions have
been Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), the former earning him Academy Awards in Best
Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. Avatar, filmed in 3D technology, also garnered him
nominations in the same categories.
He also co-founded Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain and Earthship Productions. In addition
to his filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer of the sea and has produced a number of
documentaries on the subject. Cameron contributed to underwater filming and remote
vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System.[2][3][4] In 2012, Cameron
became the first person to perform a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest
part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible.[5][6]
In total, Cameron's films have grossed approximately US$2 billion in North America and US$6 billion
worldwide. Cameron's Avatar and Titanic are the second and third highest-grossing films of all time,
earning $2.78 billion and $2.19 billion, respectively. Cameron holds the achievement of having
directed the first two of the five films in history to gross over $2 billion worldwide. [7] In
2010, Time magazine named Cameron one of the 100 most