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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.
James Cameron
Co-Director
for Co-Director in Titanic 2: Romantic Tale of Tragedy
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They were made to be together. Shared the same birthday, were both of Jewish descent, and both emigrated from Germany to US. Married in 1871. Isidor worked in his father's store, which became part of Macy's, he worked hard until he became part owner of Macy's. Ida was a housewife, mom of 7 children. Whenever Isidor traveled on business, she faithfully wrote to herself. They were very much in love and really hated being apart. Other times they would vacation in California. They had to go to Europe because of the death of their husband. On the boat, they befriended Gracie and he tried to convince Ida to enter lifeboat. She almost did, but when Gracie then offered Isidor a place on the ship because of his wealth and status, Isidor refused because the lifeboats still had no women and children. “I will not go before other men. Ida stood by Isidore and said: “We lived together for many years. Where you go, I go too". They replaced their maid and gave her a fur coat. The last time anyone saw them, they were sitting side by side on deckchairs while the ship sank. Finally, they were swallowed up by the ocean. History will not forget the love and devotion of Isidore and Ida Straus. Despite of first-class status, they did not expect special treatment and preferred to die together rather than be separated. After Ellen Bird's rescue, she contacted the their daughter, Sara, to return the coat. Sara thanked her but said, "This coat is yours. I want you to keep it in memory of my mother”.
