James Cameron

Known For: Directing
Born: August 16, 1954
Place of Birth: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

James Cameron

James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984), and found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. He is a recipient of various other industry accolades, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Cameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a Na…

Filmography

Avatar 5

2031 · Director, Producer, Editor, Story, Screenplay, Characters

Avatar 4

2029 · Story, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay

Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness

2026 · Self

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)

2026 · Self (uncredited), Director, Producer, Editor

Secrets of the Bees

2026 · Executive Producer

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025 · Screenplay, Director, Story, Characters, Producer, Editor

Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20

2025 · Self

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

2025 · Self - Director, Writer, Producer, Creator, Editor, Executive Producer

Predator: Badlands

2025 · Thanks

Frankenstein

2025 · Thanks

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025 · Self

Secrets of the Penguins

2025 · Executive Producer

There Is Another Way

2025 · Executive Producer

Visionaries

2025 · Self

What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates

2024 · Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer

OceanXplorers

2024 · Voice, Executive Producer

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024 · Self

Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli

2024 · Self

Aliens Expanded

2024 · Self

Secrets of the Octopus

2024 · Self, Executive Producer

The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute

2024 · Self

Fatal Dive to the Titanic: Truth and Lies

2024 · Self

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

2023 · Self

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

2023 · Self - Guest

Attack of the Doc!

2023 · Self

Secrets of the Elephants

2023 · Executive Producer

Inside Pandora's Box

2023 · Self

True Lies

2023 · Executive Producer, Original Film Writer

Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron

2023 · Self, Executive Producer

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022 · Story, Director, Screenplay, Characters, Producer, Editor

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022 · Self

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

2022 · Self

Super/Natural

2022 · Executive Producer

LIGHT & MAGIC

2022 · Self - Director, Self - Director, The Abyss / Director, Terminator 2

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

2021 · Self

Great Minds

2021 · Self

Secrets of the Whales

2021 · Self, Executive Producer

The Six

2021 · Self, Executive Producer

Directors on Directors

2021 · Self

Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck

2020 · Self

Akashinga: The Brave Ones

2020 · Executive Producer

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy

2020 · Self

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep

2019 · Self

Terminator: Dark Fate

2019 · Producer, Characters, Story

The Game Changers

2019 · Executive Producer

Alita: Battle Angel

2019 · Producer, Screenplay

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018 · Self - Host, Creator

The Shape of Water

2017 · Thanks

Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron

2017 · Self

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

2017 · Self

Score: A Film Music Documentary

2017 · Self

Atlantis Rising

2017 · Self, Executive Producer

Cirque du Soleil: Toruk - The First Flight

2016 · Co-Director, Co-Producer

Eating You Alive

2016 · Self

Beyond Glory

2015 · Executive Producer

Terminator Genisys

2015 · Characters

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2015 · Self

Deepsea Challenge 3D

2014 · Self, Executive Producer

Years of Living Dangerously

2014 · Executive Producer

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self

Mission Blue

2014 · Self

Amazon Unknown

2013 · Self

Gravity

2013 · Thanks

All Is Lost

2013 · Thanks

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

2012 · Producer

James Cameron & Buzz Aldrin: Explorers - Von der Titanic bis zum Mond

James Cameron & Buzz Aldrin: Explorers - Von der Titanic bis zum Mond

2012

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012 · Self

Reflections on Titanic

2012 · Self

Side by Side

2012 · Self

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

2012 · Self, Executive Producer

James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth

James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth

2012 · Self

Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica

2012 · Thanks

Tipping Point: The End of Oil

2011 · Self

Brian May's Brief History of 3D

2011 · Self

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

2011 · Self

Sanctum

2011 · Executive Producer, Presenter

Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun

2010

Capturing Avatar

2010 · Self

A Message from Pandora

2010 · Self

Nunca más asistas a este tipo de fiestas

2010 · Thanks

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010 · Self

Avatar

2009 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Terminator Salvation

2009 · Characters

Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series

2009 · Characters

Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series

2009 · Characters

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

2008 · Thanks

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2008 · Characters

The Lost Tomb Of Jesus

2007 · Executive Producer

Mars Rising

2007 · Himself

The Exodus Decoded

2006 · Narrator, Production Director, Executive Producer

Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon

Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon

2006 · Self

Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure

2005 · Self

The Colbert Report

2005

Last Mysteries Of The Titanic

2005 · Self, Producer

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

2005 · Self

Crash

2005 · Production Assistant

Aliens of the Deep

2005 · Self, Director, Producer, Cinematography

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

2005 · Self

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005 · Self

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004 · Self

The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'

2004 · Self

Entourage

2004 · James Cameron

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003 · Self

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

2003 · Executive Producer

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003 · Characters

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

2003

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003 · Self, Director, Producer

MythBusters

2003 · Self

Expedition: Bismarck

2002 · Self, Director

Solaris

2002 · Producer

Iron and Beyond

2002 · Self - Director

The Alien Saga

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Alien Evolution

2001 · Self

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

2001 · Self - Filmmaker

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

2001 · Self

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001 · Self

Dark Angel

2000 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator

Duets

2000 · Karaoke singer (uncredited)

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'

2000 · Self

Click

2000 · Self

Auto Motives

2000 · Self

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

1999 · Self

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

1999 · Self

The Muse

1999 · James Cameron

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

1999 · Self

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

1998 · Self

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998 · Self

The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

1998 · himself

History in the Making: Titanic

1998 · Self

Titanic

1997 · Steerage Dancer (uncredited), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

The View

1997 · Self

Traveller

1997 · Thanks

Strange Days

1995 · Screenplay, Producer, Additional Editing, Story

Apollo 13

1995 · Visual Effects Design Consultant

Your Studio and You

1995 · James Cameron

True Lies

1994 · Helicopter pilot (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer

Cronos

1993 · Thanks

Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'

1993 · Self

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

1993 · Self

Mad About You

1992 · James Cameron

HBO First Look

1992 · Self

The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective

1992 · Self

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

1991 · Self

Point Break

1991 · Executive Producer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991 · Director, Producer, Writer, Characters

Blue Steel

1990 · Thanks

The Abyss

1989 · Director, Writer

Martini Ranch: Reach

1988 · Director, Writer

Aliens

1986 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985 · Screenplay

The Making of the Terminator

1985 · Self

The Terminator

1984 · Director, Writer

Android

1982 · Visual Effects Design Consultant

Piranha II: The Spawning

1982 · Director, Screenplay

Galaxy of Terror

1981 · Second Unit, Production Design

Escape from New York

1981 · Matte Painter, Visual Effects Art Director

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980 · Art Direction, Visual Effects

Xenogenesis

1978 · Director, Writer, Production Design

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

— · Self

Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction

— · Self

Monster Maker

— · Self

Liu ren-Tai tan ni ke hao shang de zhong guo xing cun zhe

Liu ren-Tai tan ni ke hao shang de zhong guo xing cun zhe

— · Producer

Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

— · Producer

Ghosts of Hiroshima

Ghosts of Hiroshima

— · Director, Producer, Writer

The Devils

— · Writer, Director

Painter

— · Executive Producer

Secrets of the Bears

— · Executive Producer

Secrets of the Deep

— · Producer

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