爱思英语编者按：导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆(James Cameron)，在创造了全球票房18亿美元的《泰坦尼克号》之后，销声匿迹，十余年后，携《阿凡达》归来，成为电影市场的又一枚重磅炸弹。可是有多少人知道，卡梅隆的阿凡达之梦，开始于32年前……

About this talk
James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic -- from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving -- and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits "Aliens," "The Terminator," "Titanic" and "Avatar."

Why you should listen to him:

James Cameron has written and directed some of the largest blockbuster movies of the last 20 years, including The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Titanic, and Avatar. His films  pushed the limits of special effects, and his fascination with technical developments led him to co-create the 3-D Fusion Camera System. He has also contributed to new techniques in underwater filming and remote vehicle technology.

Although now a major filmmaker, Cameron's first job was as a truck driver and he wrote only in his spare time. After seeing Star Wars, he quit that job and wrote his first science fiction script for a ten-minute short called Xenogenesis. Soon after, he began working with special effects, and by 1984 he had written and directed the movie that would change his life -- The Terminator.  Today, he has received three Academy Awards, two honorary doctorates and sits on the NASA Advisory Council.