James Cameron

From 1978-99, this famous director has been wedded four times, his spouses being Sharon Williams, producer Gale Anne Hurd, filmmaker Katherine Bigelow, and 'Terminator' star Linda Hamilton.

In 2000, he got married to American actress Suzy Amis, whom he had met on the sets of 'Titanic'.

James has a daughter, Josephine, with Linda Hamilton, and three children with his present wife, Suzy.

James Francis Cameron was born Phillip, and his wife Shirley, in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954.

The young boy pursued his education from the 'Stamford Collegiate School ' in Ontario, and later from 'Troy High School', California. He began attending 'Fullerton College', for a course in Physics, but dropped out before graduating.

While working as a truck driver to support himself, this aspiring film maker learnt all that he could about special effects.

In 1978 James Cameron was inspired by 'Screenplay', a book by British actor Syd Field, and wrote the script of a movie titled 'Xenogenesis'. The script was for a ten-minute sci-fi film, shot in 35mm reel.

Soon, he was hired by 'Roger Corman Studios', to make miniature models for low-investment films. He was later appointed as the art director for the 1980 movie 'Battle Beyond the Stars'. The next two years, he worked on science fictions films like 'Escape from New York', 'Galaxy of Terror', and 'Android'.

During this time, he also began working on 'Piranha II: The Spawning', a sequel to the earlier sci-fi horror movie, first as the special effects in-charge, and later as the director. During the shooting, he had failed to take a close-up of actress Carole Davis, and was fired, but he stayed on to help producer Ovidio Assonitis as an assistant director.

In 1984, James' first major project, 'The Terminator' was released under the banner of 'Pacific Western Productions', owned by his former colleague, Gale Anne Hurd. The movie, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was made with a budget of only 6.5 million dollars, but went on to earn more than $78 million.

Cameron wrote the screenplay for 'Rambo: First Blood Part II', released in 1985, which was later edited by the star Sylvester Stallone. The movie, directed by George P. Cosmatos, proved to be moderately successful at the box-office.

‘Titanic’ a movie by this talented director held the earlier record of highest grossing movie; now broken by ‘Avatar’. The movie grossed 600 million dollars, and catapulted Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to stardom.

‘Avatar’, released in 2009, is the most famous movie made by Cameron, which used cutting-edge technology to produce 3D special effects. After releasing worldwide, it set the record for being the highest grossing movie, earning more than 700 million dollars.