James Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and explorer born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, in 1954, recognized for combining cutting edge film technology with classical filmmaking technique. His films have grossed more than ten billion dollars worldwide, making him the second highest grossing film director of all time, through works including The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, Titanic, and the Avatar franchise. Titanic won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 1998. Cameron has received three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, and beyond filmmaking he serves as a National Geographic explorer in residence, having completed the first solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 2012. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009) were both distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian and New Zealand filmmaker and explorer.
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Aliens is a 1986 science fiction-action film written and directed by James Cameron.
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Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron.
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The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote it with producer Gale Anne Hurd.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher.
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Avatar is an American epic science fiction media franchise created by James Cameron, which began with the 2009 film Avatar.
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