# List of awards and nominations received by James Cameron

James Cameron is a Canadian director, producer, screenwriter and editor who has received numerous accolades throughout his career.
Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing science fiction films including The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), for which he won various awards that honor sci-fi projects, such as the Hugo Awards, the Nebula Awards, and the Saturn Awards. In 2024, he won his sixth Saturn Award for Best Director, breaking the record for being the most awarded individual in this category.
In 1997, he wrote, directed, edited and produced the epic romance film Titanic, one of the most expensive films ever made. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success, it became the first picture to gross $1 billion at the box office. It received a record-tying fourteen nominations at the 1998 Academy Awards and became the second film in history to win eleven Oscars, with Cameron winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. For Titanic, he also won a Directors Guild of America Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award and received three nominations at the 1998 British Academy Film Awards.
In 2009, Avatar, Cameron's first feature film in twelve years, was released. It broke several box office records and on January 25, 2010, became the highest-grossing film in history. At the 2010 Academy Awards, Avatar received nine nominations, with Cameron being the recipient of three of them. He won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards, and Best Editing at the 2010 Critics' Choice Movie Awards. He received a seventh Academy Award nomination for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), the second of the five planned films of the Avatar franchise.
Cameron has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in 2014 for producing the Showtime documentary television series Years of Living Dangerously, and in 2021 for producing the Disney+ nature documentary series Secrets of the Whales.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by James Cameron :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Picture | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Film Editing | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Film Editing | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Nominated | |
| ACE Eddie Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Won | |
| ACE Eddie Awards | 2000 | — | Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year | Won | |
| ACE Eddie Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Nominated | |
| Amanda Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Foreign Feature Film | Won | |
| AACTA International Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Film | Won | |
| AACTA International Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Direction | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Film | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Film | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Foreign Film | Won | |
| César Awards | 1999 | Titanic | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |
| César Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Editing | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| David di Donatello Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Foreign Film | Nominated | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Won | |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated | |
| Disney Legends Awards | 2024 | — | Honoree | Won | |
| Empire Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 1986 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | Worst Screenplay | Won | |
| Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Professional Association Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Outstanding Editing – Feature Film | Nominated | |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 2009 | Avatar | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Hugo Awards | 1987 | Aliens | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | |
| Hugo Awards | 1990 | The Abyss | Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated | |
| Hugo Awards | 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | |
| Hugo Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated | |
| Hugo Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominated | |
| International Documentary Association Awards | 2014 | Years of Living Dangerously | Best Limited Series | Nominated | |
| Jules Verne Awards | 2004 | — | Cinematic Achievement | Won | |
| Jupiter Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best International Film | Won | |
| Jupiter Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best International Director | Won | |
| Jupiter Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best International Film | Won | |
| Jupiter Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best International Film | Won | |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 1999 | Titanic | Director of the Year | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Director of the Year | Nominated | |
| Malibu Film Festival Awards | 1999 | — | Lifetime Achievement | Won | |
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best 3D Film | Won | |
| National Board of Review Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Special Citation | Won | |
| Nebula Awards | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Ray Bradbury Award | Won | |
| News and Documentary Emmy Awards | 2023 | Super/Natural | Outstanding Nature Documentary | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Picture | Nominated | [56] [57] |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Won | [56] [57] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2003 | Expedition: Bismarck | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | Years of Living Dangerously | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2021 | Secrets of the Whales | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2024 | Secrets of the Elephants | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2004 | — | Visionary Award | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2011 | — | Milestone Award | Won | |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2009 | Avatar | Best Director | Runner-up | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards | 2006 | — | David Attenborough Award for Excellence in Nature Filmmaking | Won | |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards | 2010 | — | Maltin Modern Master Award | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Editing | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2004 | — | Nikola Tesla Satellite Award | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1985 | The Terminator | Best Director | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 1985 | The Terminator | Best Writing | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1987 | Aliens | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1987 | Aliens | Best Writing | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1991 | The Abyss | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1991 | The Abyss | Best Writing | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1992 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Best Writing | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 1995 | True Lies | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 1996 | Strange Days | Best Writing | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | 1998 | — | President's Memorial Award | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2003 | — | Donald A. Reed Award | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Writing | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2010 | — | Visionary Award | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2024 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Director | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2024 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Writing | Won | |
| Saturn Awards | 2024 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Director | Won | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Director | Runner-up | |
| Venice Film Festival Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Persol 3-D Award for Best Stereoscopic Film | Won | |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | 2010 | — | Lifetime Achievement | Won | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 1998 | Titanic | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2010 | Avatar | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |