James cameron biography terminator movie

James Cameron is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer who has had an extensive career in film and television. Cameron's debut was the 1978 science fictionshortXenogenesis, which he directed, wrote and produced.^[1][2] In his early career, he did various technical jobs such as special visual effects producer, set dresser assistant, matte artist, and photographer.

His feature directorial debut was the 1982 release Piranha II: The Spawning.^[2][3] The next film he directed was the science fiction action thriller The Terminator (1984) which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular cyborg assassin, and was Cameron's breakthrough feature.^[4][5][6] In 1986, he directed and wrote the science fiction action sequel Aliens starring Sigourney Weaver.^[7] He followed this by directing another science fiction film The Abyss (1989).

In 1991, Cameron directed the sequ