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Who can give me a profile of James Cameron?

James Cameron; James Francis Cameron

Male, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada on August 1954.

Constellation: Leo

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Real name: James Francis Cameron.

Nickname: Tie Jim's representative works: Titanic, Alien 2, True Lies, Terminator 2, Avatar-Abyss1August 954 16. James Cameron was born in a middle-class family in Ontario, Canada. His father is an electrical engineer and his mother is an artist. I think so. When he was a teenager, James Cameron had extraordinary engineering and organizational skills. He once led a friend to build a trebuchet enough to leave a crater on the ground, and sent a mouse to the bottom of the Niagara River with a homemade submarine. In art, he studied painting with his mother for many years, held exhibitions in his hometown, and began to write science fiction in his early years. A science fiction novel he wrote at the age of 12 is regarded as the prototype of his science fiction film Abyss. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, he met the master Stanley? 6? 1 Kubrick's 200 1 A Space Odyssey. James Cameron was shocked at that time and watched 10 times in a row in the cinema. Since then, his desire to make a movie has sprouted in his mind. He started shooting some shoddy movies with his father's 8 mm camera.

198 1 year, James Cameron's first directorial work came out. The movie Piranha 2: Reproduction was filmed entirely in Italy. James Cameron didn't get along well with the Italian-speaking staff, but after the filming, the producers refused to let him participate in the final editing of the film out of contempt for the fledgling director. In a rage, 25-year-old James Cameron used his credit card to pry open the door of the studio, managed to teach himself how to use the Italian editing machine, and edited the whole movie by himself in a few weeks. In the process, James Cameron made up his mind to stop working for anyone and make his own film.

During his stay in Italy, James Cameron suffered from illness, hunger and poverty. The painful experience made him have nightmares every night. Once he had a very clear nightmare: being chased by a machine killer from the future. According to the content of the nightmare, James Cameron wrote a screenplay "Terminator" full of his outstanding talents. He sold the script to the producer Goyle for one dollar? 6? 1 Annie? 6? 1 injury, provided that he directs the film in his own way. Goyle agreed to his request. 1984, James Cameron released the first self-directed film Terminator. The film cost only 6.5 million dollars, but it earned 36 million dollars at the domestic box office, which won unanimous praise from fans and critics.

The success of Terminator made James Cameron gain wide attention in the film industry. From 65438 to 0985, James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone wrote The First Blood 2, which was also a box office success.

From 65438 to 0997, James Cameron filmed the famous Titanic. The spirit of pursuing the perfect goal in his heart was the highest expression in Titanic. James Cameron personally handled almost everything, from drawing stress analysis diagrams for stuntmen to explaining the sinking principle of a big ship to drawing sketches for Jack in the film. During the filming process, James Cameron was also very strict with the actors and crew. The investor's indifference, the staff's complaints, the cold sea water and the unimaginable difficulties encountered in the filming process all made Cameron on the verge of collapse, but he still persisted and shouted out the heroic words that were almost tragic: "Titanic can sink, Titanic can't sink!"

All these efforts were not in vain after all. Three months after the release of Titanic, the national box office revenue reached 470 million US dollars, while the international box office exceeded 654.38+08 billion, making this movie one of the most popular movies. The film was nominated for 14 Oscars, and got 1 1 of them, which tied the record of Xu Ben. James Cameron won the 70th Academy Award for Best Director. At the awards party, Cameron held up the Oscar almost crazily and loudly said the famous lines in the film: "I am the king of the world!" " "

On the first weekend of 20 10, the sci-fi masterpiece Avatar still performed strongly, achieving "three consecutive championships" with a record box office of 68.3 million in the third week. "Avatar" was released only 17 days, and it swept the world 10 billion dollars! It is no longer an extravagant hope to challenge the peak record of Titanic. On the first weekend of the new year, there was no new film released on a large scale in North America, and James Cameron's latest masterpiece Avatar completely ignored his old rival. On the first day of the new year, Avatar grossed $25.2 million, setting a new record for the box office on New Year's Day in history. This weekend, the film topped the box office with a score of $68.3 million, easily achieving the "three consecutive tyrants" at the box office. This achievement also created the highest box office record for the third weekend in history. Avatar's performance in the second weekend was only 2% lower than the opening weekend, creating the highest box office record in the second weekend; In the third week, it only fell by 10%, which shows that Avatar's long-term gold absorption ability is unparalleled.