JAMES CAMERON
Name: James Francis Cameron
Born: 16 August 1954 Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning
Canadian-American director, producer and screenwriter. He is noted for his
action/science fiction films, which are often highly innovative and financially
successful. Thematically, James Cameron's films generally explore the
relationship between man and technology. Cameron directed the
film Titanic, which went on to become the top-grossing film of all time, with a
worldwide gross of over US$1.8 billion. He also created the Terminator franchise.
Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley, an artist
and nurse, and Phillip Cameron, an electrical engineer. He grew up in
Chippawa, Ontario and graduated from Stamford Collegiate in Niagara falls , and
in 1971 his family moved to Brea, California. There he studied physics at Cal
State-Fullerton, but his passion for filmmaking would draw him to the film
archive of UCLA at every opportunity. After seeing the film Star Wars, Cameron
quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry.
Name: James Francis Cameron
Born: 16 August 1954 Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning
Canadian-American director, producer and screenwriter. He is noted for his
action/science fiction films, which are often highly innovative and financially
successful. Thematically, James Cameron's films generally explore the
relationship between man and technology. Cameron directed the
film Titanic, which went on to become the top-grossing film of all time, with a
worldwide gross of over US$1.8 billion. He also created the Terminator franchise.
Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley, an artist
and nurse, and Phillip Cameron, an electrical engineer. He grew up in
Chippawa, Ontario and graduated from Stamford Collegiate in Niagara falls , and
in 1971 his family moved to Brea, California. There he studied physics at Cal
State-Fullerton, but his passion for filmmaking would draw him to the film
archive of UCLA at every opportunity. After seeing the film Star Wars, Cameron
quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry.