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Completed the first solo dive to Challenger Deep.
Cameron piloted the purpose-built DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to the deepest known point in the ocean.
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3 public itemsJames Cameron
Filmmaker and ocean explorer
PHOTO: Kevin Paul / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 ↗Joined large-scale filmmaking with new production technology and sustained deep-ocean exploration.
What James got done.
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Built Avatar around a new performance-capture pipeline.
The film received nine Academy Award nominations and won for art direction, cinematography, and visual effects.
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Directed, wrote, produced, and edited Titanic.
The production combined a large practical reconstruction with dives to the real wreck; it won 11 Academy Awards.