Did James Cameron go down to the Titanic?

Did James Cameron go down to the Titanic?

It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three. Two of Cameron’s passions—filmmaking and diving—blended in his work on the movies The Abyss and Titanic. The latter required him to make 12 submersible dives to the wreck itself, two and a half miles down in the North Atlantic.

Why is Avatar called Indian?

Cameron said the title was a subconscious reference to India. ‘Avatar’ in Sanskrit means reincarnation. ‘Avatar’ and the magical land of Pandora in James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster may have had a subconscious reference to Hindu mythology,the director said over the weekend.

Why is James Cameron so famous?

James Cameron, (born August 16, 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada), Canadian filmmaker known for his expansive vision and innovative special-effects films, most notably Titanic (1997), for which he won an Academy Award for best director, and Avatar (2009).

Where does James Cameron come from?

James Cameron

When was the last body found from Titanic?

Photo copyright by Carol Goodwin, used by permission. Five days after the passenger ship the Titanic sank, the crew of the rescue ship Mackay-Bennett pulled the body of a fair-haired, roughly 2-year-old boy out of the Atlantic Ocean on April 21, 1912.

Are any of the Titanic survivors still alive?

Today, there are no survivors left. The last survivor Millvina Dean, who was just two months old at the time of the tragedy, died in 2009 at the age of 97.