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James Cameron
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 16, 1954 (71 years)
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 National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to solo descend the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible.
Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing films of all time, respectively. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion, and is the only director to have had three films grossing over $2 billion. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses.
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Cameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to solo descend the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible.
Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing films of all time, respectively. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion, and is the only director to have had three films grossing over $2 billion. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses.
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James Cameron Filmography
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| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | True Lies (TV Series) · as Original Film Writer |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel · as Screenplay |
| 2009 | |
| 2000 | Dark Angel (TV Series) |
| 1997 | |
| 1995 | Strange Days · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | True Lies · as Screenplay |
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| 1991 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1986 | Aliens · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | |
| 1982 | Piranha II: The Spawning · as Screenplay |
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| 2000 | Dark Angel (TV Series) |
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| 2025 | Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Secrets of the Penguins (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | OceanXplorers (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Secrets of the Octopus (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Secrets of the Elephants (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | True Lies (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Super/Natural (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Secrets of the Whales (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Six · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Akashinga: The Brave Ones · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Game Changers · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Atlantis Rising · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Toruk: The First Flight · as Co-Producer |
| 2015 | Beyond Glory · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Sanctum · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | JonTron (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | The Lost Tomb of Jesus · as Executive Producer |
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| 2003 | Volcanoes of the Deep Sea · as Executive Producer |
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| 2000 | Dark Angel (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | |
| 1991 | Point Break · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | |
| 1994 |
| 2024 | OceanXplorers (TV Series) · as Voice |
| 2021 | Secrets of the Whales (TV Series) |
| 2012 | |
| 2006 | The Exodus Decoded · as Narrator |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Duets · as Karaoke Singer (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Titanic · as Steerage Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1994 | True Lies · as Helicopter Pilot (voice) (uncredited) |
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| 2025 | Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Writer, Producer, Creator, Editor |
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · as Self |
| 2025 | Titan: The OceanGate Disaster · as Self - Director, Titanic |
| 2025 | Visionaries (2025) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Alien, Terror in Space · as Self |
| 2024 | What's Next? The Future With Bill Gates (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer |
| 2024 | Disney Legends Awards Ceremony · as Self |
| 2024 | Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli · as Self |
| 2024 | Aliens Expanded · as Self |
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| 2024 | The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life · as Self |
| 2023 | Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2023 | Ubåtsdramat: Drömmen om Titanic · as Self |
| 2023 | Arnold (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2023 | Attack of the Doc! · as Self |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box · as Self |
| 2023 | Great Kills (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2023 | Beau Geste (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | The 28th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2023 | 80th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
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| 2022 | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Self - Director, The Abyss / Director, Terminator 2 |
| 2022 | Who's Talking To Chris Wallace (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
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| 2021 | Expedition Deep Ocean (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted! · as Self |
| 2020 | The Six · as Self |
| 2020 | Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | We Need to Talk About A.I. · as Self |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Disasters Engineered (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of 'titanic' |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Vegan 2018 · as Self |
| 2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2018 | Eating You Alive · as Self |
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| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Atlantis Rising · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Science grand format (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge · as Self |
| 2014 | Mission Blue · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Reflections on Titanic · as Self |
| 2012 | Side by Side · as Self |
| 2012 | Titanic: 100 Years On · as Self |
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| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan · as Self |
| 2011 | Tipping Point: The End of Oil · as Self |
| 2011 | Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Brian May's Brief History of 3D · as Self |
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| 2011 | Sanctum: The Real Story · as Self |
| 2010 | Capturing Avatar · as Self |
| 2010 | Scream Awards 2010 · as Self |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy · as Self |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2010 | The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special · as Self |
| 2010 | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora · as Self |
| 2010 | The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2010 | 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Talking Classics (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Pozner (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | GPS Fareed Zakaria (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | DP/30: Conversations About Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Odyssey: Driving Around the World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Mars Rising (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Running with Arnold · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Explorers: From the Titanic to the Moon · as Self |
| 2006 | Hollywood Science (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Titanic Adventure · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | In the Cutz (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self - Producer |
| 2005 | Aliens of the Deep · as Self |
| 2005 | Last Mysteries of the Titanic · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Beyond Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Producer, Sanctum |
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| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | |
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| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as James Cameron |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Ghosts of the Abyss · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | MythBusters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Expedition: Bismarck · as Self |
| 2002 | Iron and Beyond · as Self - Director |
| 2002 | The 'Alien' Saga · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Who Is Alan Smithee? · as Self |
| 2001 | From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2001 | Alien Evolution · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2001 | 2001: The Making of a Myth · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | 2000 ALMA Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2000 | Virus: Ghost in the Machine · as Self |
| 2000 | Click (2000) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Muse · as James Cameron |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Beyond Titanic · as Self |
| 1998 | Titanic: Breaking New Ground · as Self |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1998 | 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 1998 | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 1998 | DiCaprio: In His Own Words · as Self |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Directors: James Cameron · as Self |
| 1995 | Your Studio and You · as James Cameron |
| 1995 | The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1994 | Movie Magic (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Under Pressure: Making 'the Abyss' · as Self |
| 1993 | Kurōzuappu gendai (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Mad About You (TV Series) · as James Cameron |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | 1992 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Accepting Award |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | The Making of 'Alien 3' · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | The Making of 'Terminator' · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Journal de 20h de France 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | The Fifth Estate (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 1973 | Fantástico (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self (segment "cameron's Avatar") |
| 1954 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Segment Contributor |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2031 | Avatar 5 · as Story |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 · as Story |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water · as Story |
| 2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate · as Characters |
| 2016 | Toruk: The First Flight · as Co-Director |
| 2016 | Toruk: The First Flight · as Collaborating Writer |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys · as Characters |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation · as Characters |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series · as Characters |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 2006 | The Exodus Decoded · as Production Director |
| 2005 | Aliens of the Deep · as Cinematographer |
| 2004 | Crash · as Production Assistant |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines · as Characters |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 1996 | T2 3-D: Battle Across Time · as Characters |
| 1995 | Strange Days · as Additional Editing |
| 1993 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Deleted Scenes · as Written By |
| 1992 | Teomineiteowa hyeongsa gompaeng-i · as Characters |
| 1981 | Galaxy of Terror · as Production Design |
| 1981 | Escape from New York · as Matte Painter |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars · as Art Direction |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars · as Visual Effects |
| 1978 | Xenogenesis · as Production Design |
Heavy Metal · as Co-Executive Producer |