I just watched Titanic on TV.  I had not seen that movie in years. I remember how popular it was when I was a kid
It came out when i was in 5th grade, 1997. James Cameron did so well.
Yes, he won the Academy Award for best director.  The film also won best picture and 9 other Academy Awards
To think he started with just being interested in shipwrecks.
He did a lot of research for the film and it really paid off in how the movie displayed the wreck
; the former handled distribution in North America while the latter released the film internationally. It was the most expensive film ever made at the time, with a production budget of $200 million.
Upon its release on December 19, 1997, "Titanic" achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, it tied "All About Eve" (1950) for the most Oscar nominations, and won 11, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying "Ben-Hur" (
of the feature film "Argo" (2012). It was directed by Ben Affleck, who also starred as Mendez. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. When interviewed in 2013 by "ShowBizCafe.com", Mendez was asked how he felt about being portrayed by Ben Affleck, who is non-Hispanic. Mendez noted that losing his father when he was young meant he did not learn Spanish nor much of his father's culture. He said, "I don't think of myself as a Hispanic.