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James Cameron
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How he got started....

James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Canada
Later Camerons family moved to Fullerton,
California when he was 17.
He dropped out of college, married and a waitress
and drove for the local school district.
Has two daughters, a stepdaughter, and a
stepson
He was married five times in his life
After the film Star Wars he discovered his love
of filmmaking, he quit his job and followed his
own course of study. In the library of the
University of Southern California, reading up on
the technology of special effects, and
projection. He spent most of his time building
his own dolly track and experimenting with beam
splitters in the living room of his small
suburban house.

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First Attempt

When he saw Star Wars it occurred to him that the
possibility of his interests in science and art
could come together in a movie
Cameron and two of his friends created a ten
minute script together. They raised the money to
shoot it in 35mm and rented a camera, lenses, the
film stocks and a studio.
To understand how to operate the camera they
simply dismantled it and spent the first half-day
of the shoot just trying to figure out how to get
it running.

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First Movie

When it came to the special effects area, Cameron
explains that he was "completely self taught in
special effects. I'd go down to the USC library
and pull any ideas that graduate students had
written about optical printing, or front screen
projection, or Id transfers, anything that
related to film technologyif they'd let me
photocopy it, I would. If not, I'd make notes."
As the future filmmaker continued to educate
himself in the techniques, he landed a job as a
miniature model maker at the Roger Corman
Studios. Making fast, low-budget productions,
Cameron was able to pick up the pace efficiently
and effectively, moving up his ranking within the
studio, soon working as an art director in the
sci-fi movie Battle Beyond the Stars (1980),
Cameron finally got his big break in 1981 when he
got his first shot at directing a film entitled
Piranha II The Spawning

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Films He directed

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Most recent films

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Style

Strong female characters.
Frequently casts Michael Biehn,Jenette Goldstein,
Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Arnold
Schwarzenegger
His films frequently feature scenes filmed in
deep blues.
Likes to make nice/effective cuts
Cameron's films tend to include broken, swinging
flourescent lights, especially in fight scenes.

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Style

Often works dreams or characters sleeping into
the plot.
Likes to show close-up shots of feet or wheels,
often trampling things
Tight/close-up tracking shots, especially during
chase scenes.
Most Known for his special effects, in the
Titanic, The Terminator 2, and the Abyss

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Whats Next?

"Im directing two movies back-to-back and Ive
got two more lined up after that," The first will
come out in the summer of 2007, the second in the
summer of 2009. The budgets for the two films
are likely to be huge, over half-a-billion
dollars.
Right now Cameron is the one of the owners of the
visual effects company 'Digital Domain'.

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