James cameron age

All All. Sign In. James Francis Cameron. Iron Jim Jim. He moved to the United States in The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman 's Battle Beyond the Stars and had his first experience as a director with a two week stint on Piranha II: The Spawning before being fired.

It was a low budget independent film, but Cameron's superb, dynamic direction made it a surprise mainstream success and it is now regarded as one of the most iconic pictures of the s. After this came a string of successful, bigger budget science-fiction action films such as Aliens , The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day In , Cameron formed his own production company, Lightstorm Entertainment.

Suzy amis

In , he wrote and directed Titanic , a romance epic about two young lovers from different social classes who meet on board the famous ship. The movie went on to break all box office records and earned eleven Academy Awards. It became the highest grossing movie of all time until 12 years later, Avatar , which invented and pioneered 3D film technology, and it went on to beat "Titanic", and became the first film to cost two billion dollars until when Marvel took the record.

James Cameron is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. He was formerly married to producer Gale Anne Hurd , who produced several of his films.