biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1954– )
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| biography:
| Film director, screenwriter, and producer, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. His family moved to California, while he was a teenager. He dropped out of California State University at Fullerton, and had a variety of jobs before immersing himself in film techniques, and making a home-made short film. Hired by New World Pictures as a production designer, he graduated to directing. His credits as writer/director include The Terminator and its sequel (1984, 1991), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), True Lies (1994), and Titanic (1997, 11 Oscars, including Best Film and Best Director). |
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