James Francis Cameron Curated
Film director, producer, screenwriter and edito...
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Comparing ocean exploration with the exploration of space, can you tell where we stand in both?
Do you think your engineering skills helped you in giving realistic visuals to your films ?
Did you ever feel your curiosity have overwhelmed caution while doing deep sea expeditions?
As the screens to watch a film are available even in your cars and mobiles these days, how does it effect the stories you tell and the way you tell them?
If there's one or more things you think would make the film industry better, what would it be?
Do you think you would still have been interested in film making when films had no sound or color?
How do you always stay fresh in the face of an idea of every film, when many out there lacks an original story?
What failures of your own have you been able to learn from and how did that change you in your process?
Are there any qualities in cinema that you dislike and try to avoid doing in your work that you see in other movies?
When do you know that a script is ready to shoot and what is your process of getting it there?
Why do you think Titanic had pushed the limit of how much time one can spend on establishing character in the mainstream film making?
Did you approach Titanic in a different way as it demanded attention to historic detailing, visual effects and underlying emotional story?
What is that underlying theme in 'Terminator' beyond the idea of range or getting the world to work?
How did you get the chance to work under Roger Coleman as Art Director for 'Battle Beyond The Stars' in 1980?
Why do you think Avatar had and will have lasting resonance around the world even after many years?
Is there anything about Pandora that you wish got more screen time, but couldn't make it?
When you wrote the character of 'Dr. Grace Augustine' for Avatar, did you already have Sigourney in mind for that role?
For Avatar, how did you convince the cast to do characters that were done using performance capture?
Does it affect you when critics or inner circle in Hollywood community comments about Titanic?
Did you know that you were going to incorporate the actual footage into the motion picture, when you saw the tape footage from your dives to Titanic?
How did you convince the cast to do characters that were done with performance capture for Avatar?
As the world of Avatar was such uncharted territory, what was it like pitching this idea to the studio?
From where does the drive and desire to work hard and create a new world for every film come to you?
Did working on Avatar influenced you to take up any activities to safeguard the nature or environment?
While making Avatar, did you imagine the society on earth in the future? Were there colonies than the one on Pandora?
Can you share one interesting thing that you remember from your journey of making Titanic?
Did you have something in mind that you wanted to achieve when you started out as a director?
What do you feel when Titanic is recognized as a love story instead of a masterpiece of visual effects?
What are those crucial qualities a director must possess to be successful in the long run?
Can you share your experience of getting fired from your first movie as a director and then how you managed to bounce back?
