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James Francis Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, on August 16, 1954. Cameron's great-great-great-grandfather had emigrated from Scotland in 1825 and was a descendant of Clan Cameron, a West Highland Scottish clan. Cameron and his family moved frequently during his childhood, living in such places as Chippawa and Niagara Falls. While at the latter, Cameron went to Stamford Collegiate School. At the age of seventeen, Cameron and his family moved once again, but this time to the city of Brea in California. Once there, Cameron attended Fullerton College, initially to study physics. After only one semester, he switched his major to English, but Cameron dropped out of college not long after that.
With seemingly no clear career path ahead of him, Cameron worked numerous jobs while developing a love of film scatterometry production at the same time. In 1977, after watching "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope," Cameron became so inspired he quit his job as a truck driver to carve out a career for himself in film. Before long, Cameron and some of his friends wrote a short science fiction script called "Xenogenesis." At first, Cameron didn't know how to operate the camera, but he picked it up quite quickly.
After his first short film scatterometry, Cameron picked up jobs as a production assistant and miniature-model maker with small films in order to advance his knowledge of film-making techniques. In 1980, Cameron found employment as an art director for the science fiction film "Battle Beyond the Stars." Over the next couple of years, Cameron did special effects work and general production on many films, including "Escape from New York," "Galaxy of Terror," and "Android".
In 1981, Cameron was offered the chance to become overall director due to a dispute between the original director and the producer. Miller Drake was hired to shoot the sequel to "Piranha," but a falling out resulted in Cameron being bumped from special effects director to overall director. However, Cameron was fired by producer Ovidio Assonitis for not following instructions. Cameron was allowed to assist with shooting. While in Rome for film editing, Cameron suffered severe film poisoning. While ill, Cameron had a dream where a robot was sent from the future to kill him in his sleep, which gave him the idea for "The Terminator," the film that launched Cameron to film stardom.
After penning a script for "The Terminator," Cameron couldn't find a film studio willing to let such a novice director shoot the film. Eventually, Hemdale Pictures bought the script for $1 and let Cameron direct the film. For the lead role of the Terminator, Cameron envisioned Lance Henriksen, who starred in "Piranha II: The Spawning," taking up the role. However, after a chance lunch meeting with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cameron changed his mind and instead gave the role to the Austrian bodybuilder. "The Terminator" proved to be a box office success against all odds. The film only cost $6.5 million to make and brought in more than twelve times this figure in revenue.
Throughout the rest of the 1980s, Cameron's star continued to soar as a director with films such as "Aliens" and " The Abyss." The year 1991 saw Cameron direct a sequel to "The Terminator." After the success of the original film, it was only a matter of time before the Terminator returned to the big screen, and it was only natural that Cameron return to direct. The sequel, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," was a huge success and became the highest grossing film of that year, with more than $500 million in box office revenue.
After a few low-key years, Cameron returned with a bang in 1997 with the release of "Titanic." Based on a true story, Cameron decided to focus on a pair of lovers who were stuck on the sinking ship. The film ultimately became the highest grossing film of all time and won numerous film awards. Over the next few years, Cameron directed very few major films.
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