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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984), and found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. He is a recipient of various other industry accolades, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Cameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to solo descend the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing films of all time, respectively. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion, and is the only director to have had three films grossing over $2 billion. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cameron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The distant future does not look too rosy for humanity. There are completely different social norms, only those who have served in the Federal service are full citizens. In addition, the very existence of humanity is threatened by the attacks of alien bugs, which occupy planets in space and are beginning to threaten the Earth. High school student Johnny Rico signs up for the service over his wealthy parents' objections and is assigned to the infantry. His crush, the attractive Carmen, wants to become a pilot and his friend Carl is recruited for military research. Together with Rico, the sympathetic Dizzy joins the infantry and falls in love with the young man. Although the others see him as a slick kid from a wealthy family, Rico slowly toughens up in the extremely tough training. He is sent with his unit to the planet Klendathu, where he finds himself in the midst of battle for the first time. The battle ends in disaster, however, when the bugs slaughter a hundred thousand people in a single hour. Rico is badly wounded. After recovering, he is assigned to a unit commanded by his former teacher Jean Rasczak. Rico and his friends still face an almost hopeless battle against multiple odds.
