theOscarSite Facts:
Birthplace:
  • Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Education:
  • California State University, Fullerton; majored in physics, left school before graduation
Significant Other(s):
  • Wife: Suzy Amis, actress; appeared in TITANIC; married June 4, 2000
  • Wife: Linda Hamilton, actress; starred in both TERMINATOR films; together 1991-94; separated but continued the relationship for a period; reunited; married July 26, 1997; divorced December 1998
  • Wife: Kathryn Bigelow, director, screenwriter; Cameron produced her film POINT BREAK and produced and scripted her STRANGE DAYS; married 1989; divorced, 1991
  • Wife: Gale Anne Hurd, producer; produced and cowrote (with Cameron) THE TERMINATOR, also produced ALIENS, THE ABYSS and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY; divorced, 1989
  • Wife: Susan Williams, waitress; worked at a Bob's Big Boy restaurant; married after Cameron dropped out of California State University, Fullerton; inspiration for Sarah Connor in THE TERMINATOR; divorced, 1984
Family:
  • Father: Phillip Cameron, electrical engineer; worked for a paper mill
  • Mother: Shirley Cameron, artist; encouraged him to paint as a teen; helped him get his first exhibition at a local gallery
  • Brother: Mike Cameron, aeronautical engineer; younger; appeared in and received a technical credit on THE ABYSS; crafted "functional props": on T2; appeared in TRUE LIES
  • Siblings: Has four others
  • Daughter: Josephine Archer Cameron; born 1993; mother, Linda Hamilton
  • Daughter: Carol; born April 4, 2001; mother Suzy Amis
Feature Film
Directing Credits:
  • Battle Angel, Avatar (planned for 2009)
    The Dive (2008)
    Aliens of the Deep (2005)
    Ghosts of the Abyss (2002)
    Titanic (1997)
    Strange Days (1995)
    True Lies (1994)
    Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991)
    The Abyss (1989)
    Aliens (1986)
    Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
    The Terminator (1984)
    Piranha 2: The Spawning (1982)
    Escape From New York (1981)
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