Last week i read Mashable’s How Social Media and the Web Helped Avatar Make $1 Billion, an article highlighting what is a fantastic Social Media case study that we can all appreciate has been a huge success. But what can be more interesting is to learn about the man that inspired the creativity behind the ideas and film making.

Below is a link to James Camerons talk at TED in Feb 2010:

James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic – from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving — and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar.”