# Before Avatar ... a curious boy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: James Cameron
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic -- from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving -- and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits "Aliens," "The Terminator," "Titanic" and "Avatar."

## Lectures

1. [Before Avatar ... a curious boy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy/dfe5c7ce5707), 17 min (TED's player)