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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era. He often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. He 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), True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning three 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 and 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 do a solo descent to the bottom of 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 of all time. Three of Cameron's films are amongst 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 gross 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. Early life James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954, in Kapuskasing, Ontario, to Philip Cameron, an electrical engineer, and Shirley (née Lowe), an artist and nurse. He is the first of five children, with two brothers and two sisters. His paternal great-great-great-grandfather emigrated from Balquhidder, Scotland, in 1825. Cameron spent summers on his grandfather's farm in southern Ontario. He attended Stamford Collegiate in Niagara Falls. At age 17, Cameron and his family moved from Chippawa to Brea, California. He attended Sonora High School and then moved to Brea Olinda High School. Classmates recalled that he was not a sportsman but instead enjoyed building things that "either went up into the air or into the deep". After high school, Cameron enrolled at Fullerton College, a community college in 1973 to study physics. He switched subjects to English, but left the college at the end of 1974. Cameron worked odd jobs, including as a truck driver and a high school janitor. He drank beer, frequently consumed cannabis and LSD, and wrote in his free time. During this period, he learned about special effects by reading other students' work on "optical printing, or front screen projection, or dye transfers, anything that related to film technology" at the USC library. After the excitement of seeing Star Wars in 1977, Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry. Film career Early work and 1980s Cameron's directing career began in 1978. After borrowing money from a consortium of dentists, he learned to direct, write and produce his first short film, Xenogenesis (1978) with a friend. Learning as they went, Cameron said he felt like a doctor doing his first surgical procedure. He then served as a production assistant for Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). While educating himself about filmmaking techniques, Cameron started a job as a miniature model maker at Roger Corman Studios. He was soon employed as an art director for the science-fiction film Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). He carried out the special effects for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981), served as production designer for Galaxy of Terror (1981), and consulted on the design for Android (1982). Cameron was hired as the special effects director for the sequel to Piranha (1978), titled Piranha II: The Spawning in 1982. The original director, Miller Drake, left the project due to creative differences with producer Ovidio Assonitis. Shot in Rome, Italy and on Grand Cayman, the film gave Cameron the opportunity to become director for a major film for the first time. Cameron later said that it did not feel like his first film due to power-struggles with Assonitis. Upon release of Piranha II: The Spawning, critics were not impressed; author Tim Healey called it "a marvellously bad movie which splices clichés from every conceivable source". In 1982, inspired by John Carpenter's horror film Halloween (1978), as well as a nightmare about an invincible robot hit-man sent from the future to assassinate him, Cameron wrote the script for The Terminator (1984), a sci-fi action film about a cyborg sent from the future to carry out a lethal mission. Cameron wanted to sell the script so that he could direct the movie. Whilst some film studios expressed interest in the project, many executives were unwilling to let a new and unfamiliar director make the movie. Gale Anne Hurd, a colleague and founder of Pacific Western Productions, agreed to buy Cameron's script for one dollar, on the condition that Cameron direct the film. He convinced the president of Hemdale Pictures to make the film, with Cameron as director and Hurd as a producer. Lance Henriksen, who starred in Piranha II: The Spawning, was considered for the lead role, but Cameron decided that Arnold Schwarzenegger was more suitable as the cyborg villain due to his bodybuilder appearance. Henriksen was given a smaller role instead. Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton also joined the cast. The Terminator was a box office success, exceeding expectations set by Orion Pictures. The film proved popular with audiences and earned over $78 million worldwide. George Perry of the BBC praised Cameron's direction, writing "Cameron laces the action with ironic jokes, but never lets up on hinting that the terror may strike at any moment". In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 1984, Cameron was hired to write a sequel to First Blood; it was rewritten by Sylvester Stallone and released as Rambo: First Blood Part II. Cameron was then hired to write and direct a sequel to Alien (1979), a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. Like the original, the sequel Aliens (1986) featured Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley. Aliens follows Ripley as she helps a group of marine.... Discover the Nicola Cameron popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nicola Cameron books.
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A Gentle Fall of Snow
Nicola M. CameronA short story followup to SHADOW OF THE SWAN.After a frantic two weeks that involved a hasty marriage, falling in love, and defeating a dangerous enemy, Louisa and Henry Carstairs ...
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A Small Favor
Nicola M. CameronThe day before he sets off for his yearly trip to Hellas, King Matthias of Ypres gets an unexpected visit from some old friends. Matters quickly become complicated when they ask to...
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King of Blades
Nicola M. CameronWhat's a royal anniversary without old flames, new lives, and a vengeful assassin?As a happy Queen Danaë and an increasingly anxious King Matthias of Ypres celebrate their first we...
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Behind the Iron Cross
Nicola CameronThree strangers. One forbidden romance.In the hedonistic wonderland of Cabaretera Berlin......where money can buy you anything you desire......and love comes with a pink rose and a...
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Degree of Resistance
Nicola M. CameronThey turned the man she loved into a machine. Now she’s going to prove that he’s still human…In the postapocalyptic Pacifica Protectorate, cyber tech Evie Contreras and military of...
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The Crimson and the Black
Nicola M. CameronBeing a rich, beautiful vampire in Victorian England isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it can get lonely, not to mention boring. So when Countess Fyodora Korelev is asked t...
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Prelude to a Storm
Nicola CameronWhen one world ends, another begins.After an encounter on Chicago’s North Side with a small dog named Norma, Ian West and his wife Diana become friends with their neighbor Dr. Nick...
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Deep Water
Nicola CameronPoseidon, God of the Sea, has spent millennia alone due to a single terrible act. His consort Amphitrite has sworn never to forgive him, and he’s forced to live with the knowledge ...
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Stealing Dmitri
Nicola CameronI was the most successful thief in the Known Worlds. And then I stole an archaeologist...I'm known as the Highlander, the slickest, most uncatchable thief in the galaxy ... until I...
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Beneath Their Own Blue Sea
Nicola CameronWhen Poseidon Met Amphitrite...After breaking his engagement to Thetis because of a disturbing prophecy, Poseidon convinces her younger sister Amphitrite to marry him (with the hel...
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Lady of Thorns
Nicola M. CameronLove was never supposed to be part of the deal…Lady Amelie de Clerq’s prickly demeanor and earth mage abilities have earned her the nickname “Lady of Thorns,” keeping potential sui...
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A Boon by Moonlight
Nicola CameronZach Mayhew is willing to do anything for his dying grandmother, even find a fairy ring and beg that she be allowed to spend her last days in Faerie. But when a gorgeous Sidhe nobl...
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Empress of Storms
Nicola M. CameronShe must marry a king to protect her country. But can she fall in love with the man under the crown?After the death of her father, young Queen Danaë of Hellas agrees to marry the p...
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To My Muse
Nicola M. CameronPretend to be the girlfriend of a hot British actor and help him get his dream movie made? No problem!When too much tequila and an enabling BFF put Lily Nayar's romance novel FEAST...
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Storm Season
Nicola CameronIan West had his summer all planned out go down to Florida, stay in his family’s beach cottage on Olympic Cove, and work on his science fiction novel. But his plans get thrown for...
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Politically Homeless
Matt Forde'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' RICHARD OSMAN'The second funniest book I have read about being a Labour supporter fro...
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Cross Current
Nicola CameronAnd Matt thought being a high school teacher was tough…Fresh from a divorce, history teacher Matt Taber decides to rent a cottage on Olympic Cove and relax before school starts up ...
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Grading the Curve
Natasha M. StarkEllen Novak is a hardworking college student who wants to get her degree and start her life after years of financial struggle. Alexander Cord is a widowed English professor who hid...
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Trickster
Nicola Cameron"I'm gonna do things to you that no one has ever done, baby. That's a promise."Delaney Smith, coyote shifter and CTO at Trickster Technologies, thinks humans are bland and unexciti...
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Shadow of the Swan
Nicola M. CameronFew know that beneath the British Empire lies a world of supernatural creatures, dangerous magic, and passionate romance. Enter if you dare…In the golden years of the Victorian era...
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Palace of Scoundrels
Nicola M. CameronIt’s not easy being queen…Discover the lush island kingdom of Hellas, where Queen Danaë must produce an occupant for the royal nursery or risk civil war. With her warrior husband K...
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Breaker Zone
Nicola CameronNick took an oath to do no harm. But in order to save his mates, he may have to break that oath…On the run from a psychotic ex, Dr. Nick Gardiner heads to Olympic Cove for sanctuar...