James Cameron was born in Canada in 1984 and originally studied physics before dropping out of college to teach himself about special effects. He was inspired to enter the film industry after watching Star Wars in 1977. Cameron's first film as a writer, director, producer, and product designer was called Xenogenesis. His first big hit as a director was The Terminator, which was inspired by a nightmare he had about an invincible robot hitman. Cameron went on to direct more successful films such as The Abyss and Terminator sequels, with The Abyss being one of the most expensive of its time due to its underwater filming.

2. James Cameron was born in Canada in 1984,
he originally thought he wanted to study
physics at Fullerton community college before
switching to English and the dropping out
and teaching himself about special effects. He
was inspired to enter the film industry after
watching the original star wars film in 1977.

3. The first film Cameron made was called
xenogenesis, he was the
writer, director, producer and product
designer for it. He then went to work as a
production designer for 'galaxy of terror' and
consulted on 'Android'. He then deviated from
the sci-fi genre to go into thrillers after being
hired as the special effects director on the
thriller sequel piranha, called Piranha 2: The
Spawning.

4. Cameron's first big hit in the film industry as a
director with his film 'The Terminator' he got the
idea from a nightmare he had while suffering
from food poisoning in which an 'invincible robot
hitman' was sent from the future to kill him. And
from then he went on to make more hit thrillers
such as the abyss and sequels to the terminator
film. Filming the abyss was said to have been one
of the most expensive films of its time because
Cameron insisted on shooting the film 'reel for
reel' at depths of about 40 feet.