FILM DIRECTOR

James Cameron

1954 - Today

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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. One of the greatest filmmakers ever, he 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Cameron has received more than 27,840,442 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). James Cameron is the 40th most popular film director (up from 43rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Canada (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Film Director.

James Cameron is most famous for his work on the movie Titanic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 98

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Cameron ranks 40 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrzej Wajda, Tinto Brass, Tim Burton, Ken Loach, John Ford, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After him are David Lynch, Lars von Trier, Billy Wilder, Vittorio De Sica, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Yasujirō Ozu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, James Cameron ranks 12. Before him are John Travolta, Hugo Chávez, Shinzō Abe, Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Yushchenko, and Halimah Yacob. After him are Sócrates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Emir Kusturica, Jean-Claude Juncker, Mario Kempes, and Fernando Santos.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, James Cameron ranks 7 out of 1,622. Before him are Jim Carrey (1962), Leonard Cohen (1934), Leslie Nielsen (1926), Albert Bandura (1925), Celine Dion (1968), and Justin Trudeau (1971). After him are Donald Sutherland (1935), Frank Gehry (1929), Erving Goffman (1922), Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Alice Munro (1931), and Christopher Plummer (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, James Cameron ranks 1. After him are David Cronenberg (1943), Norman Jewison (1926), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Jack L. Warner (1892), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Denys Arcand (1941), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), and Mark Robson (1913).

Canadian born Film Directors

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