James Cameron was born on 16 August 1954 in Kapuskasing. A Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer, Cameron made his name with The Terminator before directing Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2. His Titanic became the highest-grossing film in history at that time and won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. He broke his own record with Avatar, and its sequels pioneered new digital and 3D techniques. A longtime ocean enthusiast, he made documentaries about the Titanic wreck and in 2012 piloted a submersible alone to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of the ocean.
Before and after
- from 21 July 1954 to 4 July 1976Rise of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
- 28 July 1954Birth of Hugo Chávez
- 29 July 1954Publication of The Fellowship of the Ring
- 12 August 1954Birth of François Hollande
- 16 August 1954Birth of James Cameron
- 30 August 1954Birth of Alexander Lukashenka
- from 8 September 1954 to 30 June 1977Founding of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- 18 September 1954Publication of Lord of the Flies
- 21 September 1954Birth of Shinzō Abe
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1946First edition of Cannes Film Festival
- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
- 1955Publication of Guinness World Records
- from 31 March 1997 to 11 November 2022Premiere of Teletubbies
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
The era
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