Overview
- In a new interview with The Globe and Mail’s Barry Hertz, Cameron said he avoids tailoring films to awards voters and does not think about the Oscars when making movies.
- He criticized the Academy for rarely recognizing science fiction, saying films like Avatar are almost never properly honored.
- Cameron pointed to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Dune: Part Two as “magnificent” works that still failed to earn the director Best Director nominations, noting even the Directors Guild passed him over.
- Both Dune films won multiple Oscars in technical categories, yet Villeneuve was left out of Best Director consideration for each installment.
- The remarks were widely picked up by outlets such as Variety and JoBlo as Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash plays in theaters.