James Cameron

James Cameron

Director

James Cameron. An outstanding director to say the least. Anyone who's anyone has heard of James Cameron, with a love for close up shots and effective cuts he truly is a man of talent, directing over 22 films to an outstanding finish. Although he has many great films to his name the one most people will remember him for surely has to be the 1997 blockbuster, Titanic. A doomed love story on an ill-fated boat was perfect Hollywood drama and made over £4 million on its opening UK weekend and broke all box office records raking in over £2 billion worldwide. It is still the second highest grossing film of all time, only being beaten by Mr Cameron’s other great masterpiece - Avatar.

 

Mr Cameron hasn’t gone unrewarded for the production of his amazing, awe-inspiring, masterpieces of film nominated for six academy awards and he has won 3 for his greatest masterpiece - Titanic. In total his directorial efforts have grossed approximately $6 billion worldwide and shows once and for all he is a man of substantial influence and talent.

I like James Cameron as I believe he shows how good films can be as well as different, unique, new ways to shoot films with different camera angles and exciting use of the camera. I also admire him as he had to work hard to get where he is now, he wasn’t given anything on a silver platter - he started with nothing, going to libraries to copy down notes on SFX and worked up to where he is now, the creator of two of the greatest films ever made and has an estimated net worth of $900 million! I see him as an inspiration as not only has he directed award winning films but has also written, produced, edited them and shows that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything you want.