James Cameron

Director, Producer, Writer

Cameron is the King of the World. He is a writer, director and producer who has made some of the most beloved and highest-grossing films of all time, including Titanic, Avatar, The Terminator and Aliens. He is known as a fearless pioneer of filming techniques, using CGI and 3-D technology in innovative ways to produce effects never before seen on the screen. A native of Canada, Cameron worked as a truck driver before making his first film in 1978: the science fiction short Xenogenesis. He has won innumerable awards for his film work, including Oscars for Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.

Posts With James Cameron

Viral Video: “Titanic” in 3-D Gets Facebook Lift

Its heart will go on — except this time in 3-D.

From an Early Adopter of the Mini Submarine

I used to be the first guy who had to have a cellphone. When cellphones first came out, I had the one that was the big base station, it weighed about 14 pounds. Since then, I’ve become less interested in being an early adopter of every gadget that’s out there. I won’t even use a BlackBerry.

James Cameron, in USA Today

Viral Video: "Gulliver's Travels" (Sorry, James Cameron, but It's in 3-D)

Hollywood director James Cameron–whose “Avatar” began the explosion of 3-D in movies–has been complaining about too many substandard movies being made using the technology. But this film, “Gulliver’s Travels,” starring Jack Black, looks like it will be terrific in 3-D and is chock-full of special effects too.

News Byte

"Star Wars": A New Dimension

The quality of 3-D technology and the number of available venues have finally reached the point where George Lucas is satisfied he can wring a few more zillion dollars out of the “Star Wars” saga. Lucasfilm announced that all six films in the series will be converted–tastefully, of course–to 3-D over an unspecified period of years, starting with the release of “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” in 2012 (the same year James Cameron will raise the “Titanic” gross with a 3-D remake).

James Cameron Won’t Watch “Avatar” on a Phone. But if You Want To….

The director says watching movies on a phone removes the “sanctity in the film-watching experience.” Hope no one shows him the promotional material for T-Mobile’s newest Android handset.

Steve Jobs D8 Interview Now Available for Download on iTunes

Since the close of the eighth D: All Things Digital conference, we’ve been inundated with requests for a downloadable version of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s opening night session with co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Given their number, we’ve decided to oblige. The full Jobs session is now available on iTunes as both a video and audio podcast.

Hollywood Director James Cameron at D8: The Full, Uncut Interview

On day two of the D8 conference, Director James Cameron took the stage to talk to Walt and Kara about movies, technology, the future of the film industry and “Titanic” in 3-D. Here’s the full, uncut interview.

Full D8 Video: Hollywood Director James Cameron

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held earlier this month. Today, it’s showtime for famed Hollywood director James Cameron. He has made the two top-grossing movies of all time, which you might have heard of: “Titanic” and “Avatar.”

Full D8 Interview Video: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held earlier this month. Today, it’s Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s turn. Without dwelling on it or making the obvious puns about being on the hot seat, the session did start out rocky for the young leader of the powerful social networking site, but he recovered and talked about a wide range of topics and the future of Facebook.

WSJ's D8 Special Tab: Jobs, Zuckerberg, Ballmer, Cameron and More in Their Own Words!

Today, The Wall Street Journal published its special tab, both online and offline, featuring edited transcripts of some of the interviews Walt Mossberg and I did at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference last week. The excerpts come from interviews we did with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Hollywood megadirector James Cameron, Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller and Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

The D8 Site Is Now Live

The D8 Site Is Now Live

Does Avatar Have a Bootleg Problem? Nope.