Previously married to Sharon Williams (1974-1984), Gale Anne Hurd (1985-1989), Kathryn Bigelow (1989-1991), and Linda Hamilton (1997-1999) |
Has a brother named Mike Cameron |
Calls his film, Titanic, a "chick flick" film. |
Wrote a screenplay for the first Spider-Man film, but was turned down by the studio because it was too violent. |
Nicknamed "Iron Jim" because of his stern and stubborn attitude in directing |
The son of Phillip (an electrical engineer) and Shirley Cameron (an artist) |
Cameron made an announcement to the crew of "Aliens" that if they don't start shaping up, he will leave this project. The crew first thought he was joking, but eventually realize he meant it. |
Developed the line "This Time It's War" for promotion use in "Aliens". |
Wrote a teleplay for a feature-length Spider-Man movie for the animated series in 1994 which featured the origin of Spider-Man, though the project was canceled for unknown reasons. |