其實詹姆斯科麥隆一直在幕後投資特效技術方面的公司,
詹導演投資的公司所製作的特效幾乎年年得奧斯卡,
讓盧卡斯的ILM失色不少,
詹姆斯在2001~2005也製作好幾部立體電影,但台灣並未上映.

"機戰未來"的特效也是出自詹姆斯科麥隆的特效公司.


詹導演近幾年重要記事:

1991 Produced, directed and scripted the sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".

1992 Lightstorm signed an exclusive five-year, 12-picture distribution deal with 20th Century Fox valued at $500,000,000; Lightstorm Entertainment was given total creative control and a large share of the profits.
1993 With Stan Winston and Scott Ross and substantial financing from IBM, started the special effects company Digital Domain to further develop the field of digital FX.

1993 Released a "restored" print of "The Abyss" including approximately 27 minutes of scenes omitted from the original.
Production costs on "True Lies" exceeded Fox's mandated limit of $60 million.
Renegotiated deal with Fox so as to get them to increase their funding of "True Lies" while Cameron retained creative control; new deal involved three films and worked on a film-by-film basis.
1994 Wrote, produced, and directed the action-comedy "True Lies", the first release under Lightstorm's deal with 20th Century Fox.
1995 Provided the story for and served as a producer on "Strange Days"; also reportedly assited in the editing for which he did not receive onscreen credit.
1995 Became the first feature film director to shoot underwater footage of the wreck of the Titanic; used a specially-designed, state-of-the-art camera encased in titanium; footage was incorporated into the feature "Titanic".
1997 Co-edited, co-produced, wrote and directed the lavish spectacle "Titanic", reported to be the most expensive film made to date (budgeted at $200 million); went on to become the top grossing film in history; film received 14 Academy Award nominations (matching the record set by 1950's "All About Eve"), including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing; awarded 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, tying the record set by 1959's "Ben-Hur".
1998 With Stan Winston, resigned from board of Digital Domain.
1998 Signed exclusive deal with 20th Century Fox TV to develop programming; co-wrote five-hour miniseries on the colonization of Mars to air in the spring of 2001.
2000-Present Executive produced and co-wrote the Fox fall drama series "Dark Angel"; helmed the finale of the 2001-2002 season.
Co-produced (with Jean-Michel Cousteau) a series of undersea specials for ABC under the umbrella title of "Ocean Challenge".