Though it's accurate, calling James Cameron's success phenomenal seems somehow to undersell it. Setting aside the fact that the Kapuskasing, ON native helmed the highest grossing film of all time (Titanic), a feat he was richly rewarded for in coin, fame, bragging rights and Oscar statues, Cameron stands virtually unchallenged in Hollywood as innovator, multi-tasker, risk-taker and high-roller. Whether serving as director, screenwriter, producer, DOP, special effects guru or some combination of all five, Cameron owns his pictures like nobody else. As his game-changing 3-D epic Avatar continues to rule the box office, we pause to survey his path to fame.