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James Cameron
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Academy Awards, USA (7)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (18)
American Cinema Editors, USA (3)
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival (1)
BAFTA Awards (6)
Critics Choice Awards (4)
César Awards, France (2)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (3)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (2)
Primetime Emmy Awards (4)
Fantasporto (1)
Golden Globes, USA (4)
Golden Rooster Awards (1)
Satellite Awards (5)
Hochi Film Awards (1)
Hugo Awards (5)
International Documentary Association (1)
International Monitor Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2)
Malibu Film Festival (1)
ICG Publicists Awards (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2)
PGA Awards (5)
Razzie Awards (1)
Russian Guild of Film Critics (1)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (1)
SFX Awards, UK (2)
ShoWest Convention, USA (1)
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards (1)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Walk of Fame (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (2)
Empire Awards, UK (1)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (1)
Mainichi Film Concours (2)
Blue Ribbon Awards (1)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (1)
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (2)
DVD Exclusive Awards (1)
Hollywood Post Alliance, US (1)
Scream Awards (1)
3D Creative Arts Awards (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
Jupiter Award (6)
CinEuphoria Awards (4)
Jules Verne Awards (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (10)
Guinness World Record Award (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (8)
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) (1)
Golden Schmoes Awards (2)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2)
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (6)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (1)
Yoga Awards (2)
20/20 Awards (2)
AACTA International Awards (1)
Hawaii Film Critics Society (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (1)
Dragon Awards (1)
Hollywood Critics Association (1)
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) (1)
Portland Critics Association Awards (1)
Canada's Walk of Fame (1)
82 wins & 97 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2023 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
Avatar
2010 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
1998 Winner
Oscar
Best Picture
Titanic
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2 more
All
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2024 Winner
Saturn Award
Best Film Direction
Avatar: The Way of Water
2024 Winner
Saturn Award
Best Film Writing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Rick Jaffa
·
Amanda Silver
2024 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Film Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
2010 Winner
Saturn Award
Best Director
Avatar
2010 Winner
Saturn Award
Best Writing
Avatar
13 more
All
American Cinema Editors, USA
2010 Nominee
Eddie
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
2000 Winner
Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award
1998 Winner
Eddie
Best Edited Feature Film
Titanic
Shared with:
Conrad Buff IV
·
Richard A. Harris
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1985 Winner
Grand Prize
The Terminator
BAFTA Awards
2010 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
Best Director
Avatar
2010 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
1998 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film
Titanic
Shared with:
Jon Landau
1998 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
Titanic
1 more
All
Critics Choice Awards
2023 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
2023 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
2010 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Avatar
1998 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
Titanic
César Awards, France
2010 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Avatar
USA
1999 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Titanic
USA.
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1998 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Titanic
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2023 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Avatar: The Way of Water
2010 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Avatar
USA/UK.
2010 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Avatar
USA/UK.
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1998 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
Titanic
David di Donatello Awards
2010 Nominee
David
Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Avatar
Directors Guild of America, USA
2010 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Avatar
1998 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Titanic
Shared with:
Grant Hill
·
Anna Roth
·
Sharon Mann
·
Jon Landau
·
Josh McLaglen
·
Batan Silva
·
Kathleen 'Bo' Bobak
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Secrets of the Elephants
Shared with:
Maria Wilhelm
·
Pamela Caragol
·
Lucinda Axelsson
·
Caroline Hawkins
·
Jonathan Frisby
·
Paula Kahumbu
·
Kimberly Butts
2021 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Secrets of the Whales
Shared with:
Maria Wilhelm
·
Shannon Malone-Debenedictis
·
Pamela Caragol
·
Kevin Krug
·
Samuel LeGrys
·
Brian Skerry
2014 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Years of Living Dangerously
Tied with
American Masters (1985)
.
Shared with:
Joel Bach
·
David Gelber
·
Daniel Abbasi
·
Jerry Weintraub
·
Arnold Schwarzenegger
·
Solly Granatstein
·
Jennifer Latham
·
Adam Bolt
·
Jacob Kornbluth
2003 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming
Expedition: Bismarck
Shared with:
Gary Johnstone
Fantasporto
1983 Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
Piranha II: The Spawning
Golden Globes, USA
2023 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Avatar: The Way of Water
2010 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Avatar
1998 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Titanic
1998 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Titanic
Golden Rooster Awards
1998 Winner
Golden Rooster
Best Foreign Language Film
Titanic
Satellite Awards
2023 Winner
Satellite Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
2004 Winner
Nikola Tesla Award
1998 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Titanic
Shared with:
Jon Landau
1998 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Titanic
1998 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Screenplay, Original
Titanic
Hochi Film Awards
1998 Winner
Hochi Film Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Titanic
Hugo Awards
2023 Nominee
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Rick Jaffa
·
Amanda Silver
2010 Nominee
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
Avatar
1992 Winner
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Shared with:
William Wisher
1990 Nominee
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation
The Abyss
1987 Winner
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation
Aliens
Shared with:
David Giler
·
Walter Hill
·
Dan O'Bannon
·
Ronald Shusett
International Documentary Association
2014 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Limited Series
Years of Living Dangerously
Shared with:
Daniel Abbasi
·
Joel Bach
·
David Gelber
·
Arnold Schwarzenegger
·
Jerry Weintraub
International Monitor Awards
1999 Winner
Monitor
Theatrical Releases - Color Correction
Titanic
Shared with:
David Bernstein
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2010 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D)
Avatar
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1997 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Director
Titanic
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1998 Winner
Sierra Award
Best Director
Titanic
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2010 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Avatar
1999 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Titanic
Malibu Film Festival
1999 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
ICG Publicists Awards
2010 Winner
Showmanship Award
Motion Picture
National Board of Review, USA
1997 Winner
Special Citation
Titanic
For the use of special effects technology.
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2010 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
Avatar
1998 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Director
Titanic
PGA Awards
2023 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2011 Winner
Milestone Award
2010 Nominee
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2004 Winner
Vanguard Award
1998 Winner
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Titanic
Shared with:
Jon Landau
Razzie Awards
1986 Winner
Razzie Award
Worst Screenplay
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Shared with:
Sylvester Stallone
·
Kevin Jarre
Russian Guild of Film Critics
1998 Nominee
Golden Aries
Best Foreign Film
Titanic
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2023 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
Ian Silverstein
2009 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Director
Avatar
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Modern Master Award
Avatar
2006 Winner
Attenborough Award
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
1992 Winner
Bradbury Award
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
SFX Awards, UK
2011 Nominee
SFX Award
Best Film Director
Avatar
2011 Nominee
SFX Award
Best Film
Avatar
ShoWest Convention, USA
1995 Winner
ShoWest Award
Producer of the Year
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
1997 Nominee
STFC Award
Best Director
Titanic
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1998 Nominee
SEFCA Award
Best Director
Titanic
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1998 Nominee
TFCA Award
Best Director
Titanic
Venice Film Festival
2010 Winner
3-D Award
Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year
Avatar
Tied with
Chris Sanders
and
Dean DeBlois
for
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
.
Walk of Fame
2009 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On December 18, 2009. At 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Writers Guild of America, USA
2010 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Original Screenplay
Avatar
1998 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Titanic
Empire Awards, UK
2010 Winner
Empire Award
Best Director
Avatar
Visual Effects Society Awards
2021 Winner
Honorary Membership
2010 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Amanda Awards, Norway
1998 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
Titanic
Sant Jordi Awards
2023 Nominee
Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera)
Avatar: The Way of Water
Kinema Junpo Awards
1987 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Aliens
Mainichi Film Concours
1999 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Titanic
1992 Winner
Readers' Choice Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Blue Ribbon Awards
1998 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Titanic
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2009 Winner
PFCS Award
Best Film Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
1991 Nominee
Chainsaw Award
Best Screenplay
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Shared with:
William Wisher
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
2011 Winner
Golden Eagle
Best Foreign Film
Avatar
Cinema for Peace Awards
2011 Winner
Cinema for Peace Award
International Green Film Award
A Message from Pandora
2010 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Avatar
DVD Exclusive Awards
2003 Nominee
DVDX Award
Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
Aliens
(Alien Quadrilogy).
Shared with:
Michael Biehn
·
Jenette Goldstein
·
Carrie Henn
·
Christopher Henn
·
Lance Henriksen
·
Gale Anne Hurd
·
Pat McClung
·
Bill Paxton
·
Dennis Skotak
·
Robert Skotak
·
Stan Winston
Hollywood Post Alliance, US
2010 Nominee
HPA Award
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
Scream Awards
2010 Winner
Scream Award
Best Director
Avatar
3D Creative Arts Awards
2011 Winner
Harold Lloyd Award
Denver Film Critics Society
2023 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jupiter Award
2023 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
1999 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Titanic
1999 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best International Director
Titanic
1990 Nominee
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
The Abyss
1987 Nominee
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Aliens
1 more
All
CinEuphoria Awards
2023 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Film - International Competition
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2023 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Director - International Competition
Avatar: The Way of Water
2023 Nominee
CinEuphoria
Best Editing - International Competition
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
2023 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
Avatar: The Way of Water
Jules Verne Awards
2004 Winner
Jules Verne Achievement Award
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2009 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Director
Avatar
Online Film & Television Association
2023 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
2019 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
2010 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Picture
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
Avatar
2010 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Film Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
5 more
All
Guinness World Record Award
2023 Winner
Guinness World Record
Highest-grossing film at the global box office
Avatar
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2009 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
Avatar
2009 Nominee
ACCA
Best Motion Picture
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2009 Nominee
ACCA
Best Film Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
1997 Winner
ACCA
Best Director
Titanic
1997 Nominee
ACCA
Best Original Screenplay
Titanic
3 more
All
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2010 Nominee
IOMA
Best Director (Miglior regia)
Avatar
Golden Schmoes Awards
2023 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Director of the Year
Avatar: The Way of Water
2009 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Best Director of the Year
Avatar
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2010 Nominee
INOCA
Best Director
Avatar
2010 Nominee
INOCA
Best Film Editing
Avatar
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
John Refoua
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
2009 Nominee
Rondo Statuette
Best Film
Avatar
Gold Derby Awards
2023 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
2023 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Film Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
2023 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Motion Picture
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Motion Picture
Avatar
Shared with:
Jon Landau
2010 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
Avatar
1 more
All
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2023 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
Yoga Awards
2004 Winner
Special Award
Worst Trilogy
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
1990 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Film
The Abyss
20/20 Awards
2018 Nominee
Felix
Best Director
Titanic
2018 Nominee
Felix
Best Film Editing
Titanic
Shared with:
Conrad Buff IV
·
Richard A. Harris
AACTA International Awards
2023 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Direction
Avatar: The Way of Water
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2023 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
·
Stephen E. Rivkin
Cahiers du Cinéma
1998 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Titanic
Tenth Place; tied with
L'arrière pays (1998)
,
Jackie Brown (1997)
, and
Ossos (1997)
Dragon Awards
2019 Nominee
Dragon Award
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
Alita: Battle Angel
Shared with:
Robert Rodriguez
·
Laeta Kalogridis
Hollywood Critics Association
2023 Nominee
HCA Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)
2023 Nominee
Windie
Best Editing
Avatar: The Way of Water
Shared with:
Stephen E. Rivkin
·
David Brenner
·
John Refoua
Portland Critics Association Awards
2023 Nominee
PCA Award
Best Director
Avatar: The Way of Water
Canada's Walk of Fame
2008 Winner
Star on Walk of Fame
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