James Cameron - BE a DIRECTOR! Famous filmmaker gives advice on how to SUCCEED as a DIRECTOR
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James Cameron 👑 Terminator 1 and 2, True Lies, and Titanic are STILL some of my FAVORITES!!!!
So true. "Just start" might *sound* like bad advice to perfectionists, but it's real.
I wish I followed this advice with my creative endeavors sooner. Determination+time+talent always wins out.
It is real. I am a director.
We gotta be ready to fall to get up to not learn not to fall that way again. Big skateboarding philosophy that I found applies to any hobby, skill, art
@@cindersofcreation Failing is byproduct of success.
@@LeprutzProve it.
Yep, at least you started!
It's hard but just starting is really the most helpful thing for creative people.
Figuring out comes with time
“Shoot something, no matter how small”
Some people in America take that advice too seriously.
Pretty stupid joke
Like Tik Tokers
And you have to make sacrifices to do that
America is not a country, it is a continent. Please educate yourself.
@@Gen3ralGrimReaper It’s trendy to say that all the sudden but USA and America have always been synonymous.
My favorite director. He was a truck driver like me when he was writing stories. Dreamt of avatar back in 94 I think but had to wait until the right time to make it. Truly admire this guy.
I think it's almost ironic that the 2 most successful directors of all time--James Cameron and Steven Spielberg--never attended or at least finished film school. To me, this guy has the most inspirational bio of any filmmaker, he literally came out of nowhere and just worked his way in, educating himself in the process. And, here he is...the most accomplished director of this generation. Yes Spielberg may be more prolific and habitual but when this guy does a project, he goes all out and creates a paradigm shift in how films are made. We should feel lucky to be living in the time of a legend, they don't come to earth every day.
Film school (and institutions generally) can actually be bad for your style.
Learning the same stuff -> becoming similar artists.
Create your own stuff and develop your unique style!
Literally worked for me!
Made goofy short films at age 13 and have grown so much since then!
Experience is king, guys!
By far the best director in my opinion
"And you have to make sacrifices to do that"
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James Cameron 👑 True Lies 💯 Terminator 1 and 2 💯👏🏿🌟 Man is a LEGEND!!! Titanic!!!
Thank you! ❤️😊
It's the same way in the music industry or any kind of show business. The chance of becoming successful are 1 out of a million. A critical chain of the right thing's & the right time also play a huge factor. I suspect it was the same for Mr. Cameron.
Legend
This right here made me smile because I get it honestly now. When I had the opportunities of internship I wondered why it wasn’t like a regular 9-5 job. Because I have to be the one to keep making it a 9-5 by putting action: so this right here makes me want to take a leap of faith and do something. Worthwhile
Boss!! You are what you do NOT what you think or plan. Do it once, do it 1000 and you polish your craft. Once you do it 5000 times you are a Tarantino or J. Cameron. Maybe not at that commercial success level but at least you have a recievable, a product, a video or a film(s). And that is your portfolio. That's the reference when money/capital people ask you "show me what you've done." Then they invest, budget gets bigger, you film bigger scale, cycle repeats, wash/repeat, and so on...
Let’s not forget, he was once a truck driver… then started directing
HARD CUT TO T2 highway pickup/semi chase
Ahhhhh I see
@@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo lmaooo so true. My man was daydreaming that scene while driving trucks.
...in JC we trust 👑
James Cameron is proof that film school is unnecessary. Cameron, one of the greatest action directors of all time, was self-taught
James Cameron is proof that any hack can succeed with an enormous budget
I think Tarantino and Speilberg were also self taught and who knows how many others.
@@barfyman-wn3id Success is success regardless of how any stranger paints it.
@@barfyman-wn3id any hack? Where's your movie, ultimate hack? The dude not only did it once, he did it twice alone with terminator and 10 years later this dude went deep sea diving and is releasing avatar sequels.
So again, how is a hack and who the f are you?
@@swapniljoshi2939 Spielberg, went to film school but he is a prodigy, everyone admits it. Tarantino, yes, but he just "borrows" from other films repeatedly- styles, camera shots, soundtracks, even plot and dialogue. He got very lucky with guys like Robert Richardson on his team. So Tarantino is not in the same league as either. Cameron is a master craftsman, so is Spielberg. Imagine Tarantino trying to direct something as complex as a masterpiece like Saving Private Ryan or Terminator 2, it would be a complete mess
"sacrifices" yes... , Iykyk 🤔
Thank you
I made my first short film
Well said
You do have to make your own opportunities! I’m only 24 but I’m in the Directors Guild and about to join pga shortly. I directed 3 indie features and co produced a thriller blockbuster that’s coming into theatres once the strike is over. It was all from me grinding and meeting people and networking.
I found it interesting that he mentioned showing drawings. Turns out there is a book of his drawings called "Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron".
I wonder how often that happens that someone brings in art work to show a studio?
Idk why it's so difficult for me to start and film ANYTHING. I have no idea what I wanna make, and I feel like there isn't really anything I could make anyway
Don't overthink it. Do it
interview link, please
❤
so rad
The GOAT
Best advice is... LISTEN TO QUENTIN TARANTINO
All is said! Now, let’s start…
Great advice
I may sound physcho but I think he made a deal at a crossroad haha
Sacrifices
And if you get the chance to marry Sarah Conner, marry Sarah Conner.
Hi
This advice only works if you live in Hollywood
I have more film ideas than I know what to do with. Yet it’s all in the matter of timing
make it a reality what you have or else it will just go unmade the more you think about it
@@cameronleehorace not that simple. It takes money and time and both of mine are tied up at the moment
Good advice.
Still 1000% a dooosh.
Sacrifices to Moloch
What sacrifices? Selling your soul to the devil perhaps?
That’s a faulty logic right there. You are a Director when you get paid for it. Otherwise you’re a amateur wannabe. Nothing more nothing less. Because if that is the case. I’ve directed 112 shorts stores and acted it 155 short s as well dang I a movie star . That’s like saying you want be a race car driver buy a race car and drive it wow you’re a race car driver . That’s not how it works.
Your limited world view is why you probably won't make it very far. Just about as far as what you need to do to survive. But, you won't ever obtain anything greater than yourself if you choose to be as stubborn as your post suggests. You took it too litteral and there was literally no faulty logic being said. The man himself made it. He knows what he's talking about. You either get with that program, or stay in the same place you've always been.
The secret is to have a bland CGI visual vomit bloated garbage film backed by a huge studio, have it boringly and predictably succeed massively, and then announce 5 more of them before the sequel comes out
If it works, it works.
@@sneakyalmond Shooting up heroin works, doesn't make it good at all
Did you know anything about James Cameron? Or are you just a Avatar hater, who is mad that his favorite movie did not come even close to it, in terms of Box office.
@@swapniljoshi2939 He has made no good movies, he started with popcorn schlock and now he has his own Disney franchise. He is not an artist.
@@barfyman-wn3id You mean The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, Terminator 2 and Titanic are bad movies. Titanic made 2 billion 1997 and had four oscar awards.