James Cameron – Net worth $700 million

Canadian screenwriter, film director, editor, and producer James Francis Cameron is best known for his works in creating epic and science fiction films, including The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Titanic, and Avatar. He earned Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Picture for his work on Titanic, and some nominations in the same categories for his work on Avatar.

Cameron has earned some good fortune throughout his career. It’s all thanks to some extremely savvy investment planning and business decisions and earned him a whopping net worth of $700 million. The largest payout he received was from Titanic. Even after the movie went over budget, he traded his fee for directing, amounting to $8 million for the backend profits, which turned out to be a clever move. It netted him a total amount of $650 million, making him one of the wealthiest directors in history.