James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario in Canada on August 14 1954. His family later moved to Chippewa Falls near Niagara Falls. James Cameron was during his youth years always very fascinated with movies. He was mesmerized when he saw Stanley Kubrick's: A Space Odyssey, and he drew himself crazy trying to figure out how they had shot that film. Cameron also wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized more than completing his schoolwork. It was actually during …showed first 75 words of 2199 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2199 total…says that it was his mother that was his biggest influence. She gave him a respect for art and especially the visual arts. His father was another huge influence on him. He was an electrical engineer, Cameron states "I was always fascinated by engineering, maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things."