James Cameron
Birth Name:
James Francis Cameron
Birth Place:
Kapushkasing, Canada
Profession
Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Editor, Visual effects, Production designer, Art department, Camera department, Cinematographer, Art director, Assistant director, Script department
Fast Facts
- Has sat on the NASA Advisory Council
- Was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012
- Received an honorary doctorate degree from California State University, Fullerton
- Studied physics at Fullerton College before becoming involved in the film industry
- Quote: "People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not․ I'm a rightist․ I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing․"
- Well known for presenting strong female characters in his projects
- Was the actual artist of the nude portrait of Kate Winslet shown in the film "Titanic․"
Awards
- 1983International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1985Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1985Saturn Award - Best Writing:Winner
- 1985Grand PrizeWinner
- 1986Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 1986Razzie Award - Worst Screenplay:Winner
- 1987Saturn Award - Best Writing:Winner
- 1987Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1987Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Winner
- 1987Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 1987Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1990Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
- 1990Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 1990Yoga Award - Worst Foreign Film:Winner
- 1991Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1991Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 1991ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 1991ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 1991Chainsaw Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 1992Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 1992Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1992Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Winner
- 1992Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1992Bradbury AwardWinner
- 1995Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1996Saturn Award - Best Writing:Nominated
- 1997ACCA - Best Director:Winner
- 1997ACCA - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 1997ACCA - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 1997KCFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1997Special CitationWinner
- 1997STFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1998Oscar - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 1998Oscar - Best Director:Winner
- 1998Oscar - Best Picture:Winner
- 1998Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm):Winner
- 1998Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film:Winner
- 1998BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 1998David Lean Award for DirectionNominated
- 1998BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1998Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1998Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1998CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1998Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1998Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1998Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1998Golden Rooster - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1998Hochi Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1998Sierra Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Drama Picture:Winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
- 1998OFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1998Golden Aries - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 1998Golden Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1998Golden Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
- 1998Golden Satellite Award - Best Motion Picture, Drama:Winner
- 1998SEFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1998TFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1998WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
- 1999César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 1999Monitor - Theatrical Releases - Color Correction:Winner
- 1999Jupiter Award - Best International Director:Winner
- 1999Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Winner
- 1999ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 1999Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2003DVDX Award - Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD):Nominated
- 2003Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming:Nominated
- 2004Special Award - Worst Trilogy:Winner
- 2005Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005Felix - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2007Felix - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2007Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2009ACCA - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2009Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2009HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009PFCS Award - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 2009Rondo Statuette - Best Film:Nominated
- 2009SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010Oscar - Best Achievement in Film Editing:Nominated
- 2010Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2010Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
- 2010Saturn Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2010Saturn Award - Best Writing:Winner
- 2010Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic:Nominated
- 2010BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2010David Lean Award for Direction - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2010Audience Award - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Winner
- 2010Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2010Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2010Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 2010David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2010DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2010Empire Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Film Editing:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2010Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2010HPA Award - Outstanding Editing - Feature Film:Nominated
- 2010Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
- 2010INOCA - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2010INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010Silver Ribbon - Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D):Winner
- 2010IOMA - Best Director (Miglior regia):Nominated
- 2010ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2010OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2010OFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2010OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2010Modern Master AwardWinner
- 2010Scream Award - Best Director:Winner
- 20103-D Award - Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year:Winner
- 2010WGA Award (Screen) - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2011Golden Eagle - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 2011Premio Canacine - Best-Selling Foreign Movie in Video (Película Extranjera más Vendida en Video):Winner
- 2011SFX Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2011SFX Award - Best Film Director:Nominated
- 2014IDA Award - Best Limited Series:Nominated
- 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:Winner
- 2018Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018Felix - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2019Dragon Award - Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie:Nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:Winner
- 2023AACTA International Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 2023Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
- 2023Windie - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2023CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award:Winner
- 2023CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023CinEuphoria - Best Director - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023CinEuphoria - Best Editing - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2023Critics Choice Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2023Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023DFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Film Editing:Nominated
- 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2023Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2023Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2023Guinness World Record - Highest-grossing film at the global box office:Winner
- 2023HFCS Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2023HCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form:Nominated
- 2023Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Winner
- 2023OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2023PCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:Nominated
- 2023SDFCS Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2023Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera):Nominated
- 2023Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2024Saturn Award - Best Film Direction:Winner
- 2024Saturn Award - Best Film Writing:Winner
- 2024Saturn Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2026Saturn Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2026Saturn Award - Best Film Direction:Winner
- 2026Saturn Award - Best Film Screenwriting:Winner
- 2026Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated