James Francis Cameron is an America born Academic Award winning director who has made a name for himself with his mastery as a screenwriter and producer. Cameron is known for his fine handling of action or science fiction films. He is a highly innovative director and indeed one of the most successful ones among the best Hollywood directors. It is said that James Cameron is obsessed with the subject of the man's relation with technology.
James Cameron was born on 16th August, 1954 in Ontario, Canada. It is interesting to note that he studied physics at Cal State- Fullerton though he was actually passionate about film making. Being a physics student, helped James Cameron to venture into the science fiction genre when he ultimately opted for direction as his career choice. The film, Star Wars influenced this Hollywood director to such an extent that he left his job and decided to work for the film industry.
James Cameron started his career as a screenwriter and gradually developed an interest for art direction. Special effects have always been the major attraction of Cameron's films. James Cameron must be credited for the excellent special effects in Escape from New York and Battle Beyond the Stars. Initially the Hollywood producers hired Cameron as the special effects director. Within a very short span of time, James Cameron came to be known as one of the successful directors in Hollywood.
James Cameron is renowned for the direction of films like The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Dark Angel and Titanic. Titanic deals with the tragic incident of the sinking of a ship named Titanic. |
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Cameron incorporated the element of fictional romance into it which also signifies the cultural differences between two social classes. James Cameron is so serious about his work that he himself took a dive to the bottom of Atlantic to shoot the remains of the original ship and he inserted these shots in his film Titanic. Titanic is considered to be the among the most expensive Hollywood movies made till date.
James Cameron has received numerous awards for his contribution to Hollywood film industry including the Bradbury Award in 1991 from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Academy Awards for Best Editor, Best Director and Best Picture are also the other major awards received by him. Since Cameron's films are essentially a technology driven one, his efforts in the field is also recognized. This was evident in the honorary degree of Doctorate by the University of Southampton in July 2004. This award cited Cameron's experiments with underwater shooting and the use of advanced technology in Hollywood films as important contribution to the growth of Hollywood cinema.
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