Director - James Cameron

Notable writing credits:-
Terminator, Aliens, Rambo First Blood Pt. II, True Lies, Titanic, Terminator 2, Terminator 3, Avatar.

Notable directing credits:-
Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, Titanic, Terminator 2, Avatar.

One of the most successful directors of all time, edged out by Steven Spielberg perhaps. Avatar and Titanic are two of the highest grossing films of all time. Firstly Titanic, as it became known as an epic love story, a modern times Romeo and Juliette and then Avatar, a film that revolutionised visual effects and 3D.

Let's find out a little more about him by looking at interviews, articles and anything I can find.
What makes James Cameron such a good storyteller?

Right off that bat in this interview, we get a pretty good idea of what makes up James Cameron as a film-maker.

“It’s all driven by curiosity and the desire to be personally challenged.”

Cameron is a man who has achieved a great deal of things in his life. He made the highest grossing film of all time (Titanic) and then smashed that to pieces with Avatar. Cameron has said himself that he is not just a film-maker, he likes deep sea diving as well. He is a man who likes being challenged. 

Cameron is a hard man to real in that he doesn't talk a lot about his process, instead he always talks about technology and what he did instead of any thought processes. 

It was difficult to find quotes from him because of his obsession with technology but in this video, he says:

“There’s this sort of sense out there that you have to choose. You have to choose: are you a humanistic filmmaker? Or are you a technical visualist? I’ll do both, thank you very much.”

As we know from above, Cameron is a man who loves a challenge so combine these together we see why he;'s so successful. While he doesn't seem to hold a passion for the art of storytelling openly, he knows that being technology and technique savvy as well as telling  a humanistic story is the recepie for a great film. he challenges himself to make incredible movies that people love. That challenge is his process, not the film itself. While he has stories to tell and an imagination broad enough to keep them all in, it is the striving for greatness and lust for challenge is what makes him such a good storyteller.