work includes Piranha II: The Spawning (1981), The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997), Dark Angel (2000-2002), and Avatar (2009). In the time between making Titanic and his return to feature films with Avatar , Cameron spent several years creating many