James cameron who is he

But it could have all gone so wrong, had one of the producers had their way. Bad idea! Pumped up and utterly uninterested in pleasing anyone, let alone any male gaze, if the character was a rarity back in , she looks shockingly unique now. The only precedent for her, really, was Ripley in Alien, who, five years earlier, Cameron had moved from the sidelines to the centre when he took over from Ridley Scott to direct the sequel, Aliens.

So what did he make of the excitement over Wonder Woman? Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit. And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female! So then why are movies still so bad when it comes to depicting truly powerful women? For the first time, Cameron is lost for words.

There are many women in power in Hollywood and they do get to guide and shape what films get made. We will send regular updates as the expedition progresses. In , his first directed film, Terminator , became an unexpected breakout hit. Since then, Cameron has written, produced, and directed a number of award-winning films that have blazed new trails in visual effects and set numerous box office records, including Avatar and Titanic, which are the two highest grossing films in history.

Avatar, a 3-D science fiction epic set in the virgin ecosystem of a distant planet, required more than two years of development of new production technologies, including image-based facial performance capture, a real-time virtual camera for CG production, and the SIMULCAM system, for real-time tracking and compositing of CG characters into live-action scenes. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three.

The latter required him to make 12 submersible dives to the wreck itself, two and a half miles down in the North Atlantic. Bitten by the deep-ocean exploration bug, Cameron formed Earthship Productions to make documentary films about ocean exploration and conservation. Since that first expedition, Cameron has led six subsequent expeditions, including a forensic study of the Bismarck wreck site and 3-D imaging of deep hydrothermal vent sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise, and the Sea of Cortez.

In , Cameron was granted U. S patent number for an apparatus that propels a person in an underwater environment. The diving suit allows a camera operator to move easily through the water by the attachment of propellers to a dolly. This invention improves the filming of underwater scenes. It was created with a mix of live-action footage and computer-generated animation, using an advanced version of the performance capture technique. Inspired by his childhood heroes, in , he partnered with National Geographic to reach the deepest part of the ocean.

Cameron continues to blend his interest in science and technology with environmental sustainability practices.