James Cameron

James Cameron is known for his work as a writer, director, and producer of primarily Science Fiction and Action-Adventure films. His films, most notably Titanic and the Terminator Franchise, have been both innovative and commercially successful. The films he has directed have generated an estimated $3 billion in revenue. He won three Academy Awards for his work on Titanic in 1997. His work generally deals with the relationships between humans and technology. His films have also been motivated by the idea of a nuclear holocaust and Cameron's personal interest in deep sea exploration. Recently, he has been working as a Documentary filmmaker, producing 3-D Imax films about deep sea exploration.

Cameron's latest project is Avatar, an epic Sci-Fi movie about humans invading a remote planet called Pandora. Avatar, which was released on December 18, 2009.

August 21, 2009 is defined as Avatar Day, on which day all IMAX theaters will show 15 minutes of footage of the upcoming movie for free. http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7221:details-of-san-diego-comic-con-avatar-footage-arrives&catid=52:conventions&Itemid=171

A second movie trailer has been released via iTunes on August 20, 2009. This trailer instantly became the most-viewed trailer ever on Apple.com with over four million downloads in the first 24 hours.http://www.facebook.com/officialavatarmovie?v=app_2347471856&viewas=1036937674&ref=ts

Avatar premiered on December 16, 2009 in Hollywood Los Angeles with a special 'blue carpet', including Avatar cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Giovanni Ribisi.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2009/12/avatar-premiere-blue-red-carpet-arrivals.html

Even though recieving initial criticism on its 3D technical focus, Avatar became a Box office hit, grossing $631,595,771domestically (as of February 10, 2010), and $2,211,520,172 wordlwide. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

Avatar has recieved many nominations and awards. It was awarded nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The Oscars will be awarded on March 7, 2010.http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/02/academy.award.nominations.list/index.html?hpt=C1http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/index.html

It also received nine nominations at the Critics' Choice Awards, winning Best Action Film and several technical categories, but losing 'Best Movie' to The Hurt Locker.http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2009.php

Avatar won two Golden Globe Awards, after being nominated for four nominations.http://www.moviefone.com/golden-globes/nominee-winner Avatar received eight nominations for the BAFTA Awards, which will be awarded on February 21, 2010.http://www.bafta.org/awards/