Generally speaking, the box office income of Cameron's works in North America is about 654.38+840 billion dollars, and the box office income in the world is about 4.6 billion dollars, [6] which makes him one of the highest box office directors in history. [7] Cameron's Titanic and Avatar are the two highest-grossing movies of all time.
background
Cameron September, 1986
Cameron was born in capps, Ontario. He is the son of artist and nurse Shirley (Connie Lowe) and electrical engineer Philip Cameron. [8][9] His paternal great-great grandfather immigrated from Balquhidder, Scotland in 1825. [8] Therefore, he is a descendant of the Cameron family. Cameron grew up in Chipawa, Ontario and studied at Stanford University in Niagara Falls. His family moved to Brea, California in 197 1. While studying physics and English at fullerton College and California State University at fullerton (see "Awards" below for honorary doctorate), Cameron took every opportunity to visit the film archive of the University of Southern California. To many people's surprise, Cameron chose the philosophy major of fullerton University in 1973, although he has a great background in natural science education. [4] Cameron said of his time there,
"Self-taught stunts completely. I will go to the library of the University of Southern California and find out any papers written by graduate students about optical printing, front screen projection or dye transfer, any papers related to film technology ... If they let me photocopy, I will. If not, I will take notes. "
After dropping out of school, he worked as a truck driver and wrote when he was free. [1 1] After watching the original Star Wars movie in 1977, Cameron quit his job as a truck driver and entered the film industry. [12] When Cameron was reading Syd Field's screenplay, it suddenly occurred to him that it was possible to combine science and art, so he and two friends wrote a ten-minute sci-fi screenplay called Strange Life. They raised money and rented a camera, lens, film and studio to shoot with 35 mm. In order to understand how to operate the camera, they took it apart and spent the first half of the shooting trying to figure out how to make it work.
Major movies
[Editor] Terminator (1984) Main text: Terminator
After finishing the script of Terminator, Cameron decided to sell it so that he could direct the film. However, the production company he contacted expressed interest in the project, but was unwilling to let a first-time feature film director make the film. Finally, Cameron found a company called Hendell Pictures, which was willing to let him direct. Gale Anne Hurd started her own production company, Pacific Western Production Company, after working with Cameron's company in roger corman, and agreed to buy Cameron's script for one dollar on condition that Cameron directed the film. Hurd signed on as a producer and Cameron finally became a director for the first time. Orion Film Company released the film.
Initially, for the terminator role, Cameron wanted someone who was not particularly strong and could "blend in" with the normal people. Lance henriksen, who starred in Piranha 2: Laying Eggs, was considered as a nominal role, but when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cameron first discussed Schwarzenegger's role as kyle reese at lunch, they both concluded that the villain of the cyborg would be a more noticeable role for Austrian bodybuilders. Henriksen got the small role of LAPD detective Hal vukovic, and kyle reese's role was given to michael biehn. In addition, linda hamilton played sarah connor for the first time in this film, and later married Cameron.
Terminator is a box office blockbuster, which broke the expectations of Orion film executives, that is, the film will only be regarded as a science fiction film and will only be shown in theaters for one week. This is a low-budget film, the production cost is $6.5 million, and the expenses are cut by recording mono tracks. However, Terminator finally earned more than $78 million at the box office around the world.
[Editor] Rambo: The First Blood Part II (1985) Main text: Rambo: The First Blood Part II
In the early1980s, Cameron wrote three plays at the same time: Terminator, Alien and Rambo: The First Blood Part II. While Cameron continued filming Terminator and Alien, Sylvester Stallone finally took over the script of Rambo: The First Blood Part II, and created a final draft that was completely different from Cameron's original version. Cameron won his screenplay award in the final credits of the film. [ 13]