James Cameron

Filmmaker, and explorer

Pushing creative ambition always further and taking on the most audacious technical challenges are his forte. Director, screenwriter, producer and explorer James Cameron is a Rolex Testimonee.

James Cameron: exploring film, filming exploration

James Cameron’s work is part dream, part adventure, part technical extravaganza. Though a multiple Oscar®-winning director, Cameron has never put aside his other passion: exploration. These two facets of Cameron’s life and work are woven together in each of his scientific expeditions and each of his films.

James Cameron quote

Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. Don’t put limitations on yourself. Others will do that for you.

James Cameron

An exacting storyteller, Cameron has long proven an ability to captivate any type of audience. Masterful even in the most ambitious productions, he knows how to grapple with pressure, and always succeeds in realizing his unique vision, thereby expanding his knowledge and enriching his art.

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Twenty-three years after The Abyss, Cameron descended alone to the bottom of the Mariana Trench – at a depth of 10,908 metres (35,787 feet) – inside the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, a submersible and science platform of his own design.

With Titanic in 1997, he transformed our collective image of the carcass of a rusting ship on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean into that of a newly launched behemoth cutting through the waves off Southampton. Four years later, he dived 3,800 metres (12,500 feet) to the wreck site of the original Titanic, to film a documentary, Ghosts of the Abyss.

From remarkable dives to 3D, Cameron endlessly pushes the boundaries of human, technical and artistic achievement. He works tirelessly to find solutions to the most complex challenges with the aim of reinventing the art of filmmaking. Audiences have welcomed Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator as monuments in film history, whose legacy far outweighs mere box-office success.

After the Avatar sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, comes Fire and Ash, the third film in the series; it will be released at the end of 2025.

Cameron’s films set artistic and technical benchmarks, bringing renewed proof of the director’s quest for excellence.

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Your only competitors are your past achievements.

James Cameron