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James Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar

Avatar director James Cameron turned to odd jobs to pay the bills while training to be a filmmaker. Now he joins Steven Spielberg and just three other filmmakers in the billionaires club.

December 17, 2025

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