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A magazine article written about him in the 1980s described how he had three desks set up in his house. At one desk, he was writing the script to The Terminator (1984), on another, he was finishing the script to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and on the third, he was writing Aliens (1986).
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His practice of testing his DPs by darkening the film originated on Aliens (1986). Cameron wanted to use a particular type of film stock, but cinematographer Dick Bush ignored him and used a different type. The end result being that the footage shot ended up being unusably dark. After Bush was fired due to an unrelated incident and Adrian Biddle took over, Cameron found some of the film in a storage cupboard and had the camera operators use it instead of the film Biddle had told them to use. Biddle noticed what was going on after the first take, and compensated with extra lighting, hoping to hide his "mistake" from Cameron, who owned up at the end of the day. Cameron later did the same to Mikael Salomon on The Abyss (1989) and to Russell Carpenter on True Lies (1994)
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After seeing the film Star Wars in 1977, Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry.
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Considered directing "Solaris" (2002) but opted to produce instead. Job went to Steven Soderbergh.
Was interested in remaking Planet of the Apes (1968), but his script was turned down. Another script was then developed and eventually made by Tim Burton in 2001.
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Drew the picture of Rose (Kate Winslet) in the movie, _Titanic_. The image was flipped so it would appear that Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) was drawing it with his right hand.
The titles of his two current theatrical documentaries contain the titles of two of his previous films; the title of his documentary "Ghosts of the Abyss" contains the title of his previous film "The Abyss", and the title of his other documentary "Aliens of the Deep" contains the title of another one of his previous films, "Aliens".
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The mandibles of the Predator from Predator (1987) were his idea.
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On the 14 March 2004 episode of "Inside the Actors Studio" (1994), Kate Winslet claimed her nude portrait for Leonardo DiCaprio in the Titanic (1997) was drawn by Cameron. She also said the artist`s hand shown in a close-up was Cameron`s.
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He is a huge Japanese anime fan, and the releasing studios often uses his opinion about the film on the DVD and VHS covers.
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He and Suzy Amis are owners of Childspot!, an early childhood center in Wichita, Kansas which is operated by Suzy`s sister, Rebecca Amis.
The eldest of five children.
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First wife Sharon Williams got just $1,200 from Cameron in their divorce settlement.
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His films frequently depict children in some kind of danger.
Went to elementary school in Chippawa, Ontario.
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While editing Titanic (1997) Cameron had a razor blade taped to the side of the editing computer with the instructions written underneath: "Use only if film sucks!"
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One of the founders of visual effects company `Digital Domain`.
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His production company is `Lightstorm Entertainment`.
