BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) — Director James Cameron’s appearance at the Beijing Film Academy on Monday was frenzied.

Hundreds of students camped out in the college’s screening room, to welcome the director with applause and occasional screaming. James Cameron, however, was unfazed by the dramatic reaction, and told his fans, or in his words, future film makers, not to idolize him.

“Don’t idolize me,” said the 58-year-old film master, who …

 

This article titled “Mariana Trench: James Cameron completes record-breaking mission” was written by Ben Child, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 26th March 2012 11.16 UTCThe film director James Cameron was today described as a real-life Avatar after he returned safely from a one-man mission to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of Earth’s oceans.Cameron emerged from his 12-tonne, lime green submarine, Deepsea Challenger, early this morning …

LOS ANGELES,  (Xinhua) — Renowned “Titanic” and “Avatar” director James Cameron succeeded in reaching the depth of the Mariana Trench on Sunday, becoming the first person to complete the feat in a solo dive.

Cameron, who is also an avid explorer, plumbed the depths of “The Challenger Deep,” a depth of 35,756 feet (10,898 meter) southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, National Geographic said. The director surfaced from …