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James Cameron. Group Auteur Project Film 1070. Dallan Barnhurst Angela Challis Kellie Palacios. From Truck Driver to Director. Didn’t graduate from high school Didn’t finish college . He convinced Gale Anne Hurd to buy his script $1. First wife, Sharon William, a waitress
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Group Auteur ProjectFilm 1070 DallanBarnhurst Angela Challis Kellie Palacios
From Truck Driver to Director • Didn’t graduate from high school • Didn’t finish college
He convinced Gale Anne Hurd to buy his script $1 • First wife, Sharon William, a waitress • He married 5 times • Katheryne Bigelow, academy award of best motion picture of 2008 and best achievement in directing. James got Golden globe for best director 2008 • Suzy Amis, actress
Took him 30 years • 1978 “Xenogensis” $20.000 • 2008 “Avatar” $300 million
“He chose to jump into filmmaking feet- first, learning the hard things as he went along. That seems to have paid off, Cameron can now claim to be one of the most successful movie directors in history.” Kim Etingoff