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Alias Name(s): Jim Cameron
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: 8-16-1954
Birth Name: James Francis Cameron
James CameronMore Photos James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada on 14 August 1954. He moved to America in 1971. The son of an engineer he majored in physics at the California State University, but after graduating drove a truck to support his screenwriting. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process projection supervisor on Roger Corman 's Battle...

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Anderson Cooper 360°
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Wednesday 28 February 2007 on CNN

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The name of Summer Glau's character Cameron (Phillips) in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was intended as a homage to James, the writer and director of the original Terminator movies. He also wrote for the TV series. (edit)
James is a member of the American Cinema Editors society (ACE). (edit)
James is a big fan of Japanese anime. (edit)
James was a voracious reader in high school. Science fiction being a primary interest, he immersed himself in books by Arthur C. Clarke, A.E. Van Vogt, Harlan Ellison, and Larry Niven. (edit)
James is the eldest of five children. His mom was a housewife while his father was an electrical engineer. (edit)

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James: (message to aspiring directors) I tell them that no two people will ever do it the same way, and there is nothing I can say that will help you. Whatever your talents are, whatever your strengths and weaknesses, you have to find the path that's going to work for you. (edit)
James: (on his achievements) I think chance is not a big factor in the long run. It can be a huge factor in the short run, being at the right place at the right time. But even with that chance, the critical factor is being able to recognize a true opportunity and seize it the moment it presents itself, and not wait and over think it, because it will pass. (edit)
James: (on the future of film, in an interview on April 2007) I can imagine the dense fantasy worlds I like to create for movies having an equal or greater life in a world of interactive play, authored by others, in a partnership. Of course, add massive multiplayer capability to this, and people will never leave their homes. (edit)
James: (on the filmmaking technology Performance Capture) I expect that more filmmakers will embrace the technique and apply it to different types of scenarios. For the creation of fantasy and science-fiction characters, Perfcap will largely replace makeup and prosthetics. (edit)
James: (on "2001: A Space Odyssey") As soon as I saw that, I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker. It hit me on a lot of different levels. I just couldn't figure out how he did all that stuff, and I just had to learn. (edit)
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