James Cameron will move to New Zealand

Hollywood star James Cameron is going to live in Wairarapa - and he will bring his family with him.

The director of blockbuster films as Titanic and Avatar has bought two large plots of land along Western Lake Rd in south Wairarapa, where he will live later this year.

Overseas Investment Office shows that James Cameron, of Canada, was given consent in December to buy two separate properties, one 817 hectares and the second almost 250 hectares.

The purchase price is listed as confidential.

James Cameron grew up near Niagara Falls and in 1971 he moved to Brea, California City, where he studied physics at Fullerton College. Initially he worked as a mechanic and truck driver, later it was a hobby and self-study in filmmaking and visual effectsbrought to work for low-budget producer Roger Corman, with whom in 1980 workedon the film Sador, ruler of the universe. In 1995 Cameron while filming his biggestblockbuster took twelve dives to the wreck of Titanic. This experience inspired himto film audiences the world closer to the ocean depths, so he began to documentary filmmaking. Along with companies Pace Technologies and Sony developed thethree-dimensional Reality Camera System, with his brother Mike designed and built the boxes, which allow the camera to dive to a depth of 6000 m. Created with thetwo robots, with which it was possible to shoot deep inside shipwrecks. Based onthe famous expedition to the wreck of the ship made ​​a 3D film Secrets of the Titanic. In May 2002, Cameron used the same technology to shoot inside the wreck of the Bismarck, which brought essential knowledge and vv televiznídokumentárníslide resulted from the production of the Discovery Station James Cameron's Expedition: Bismarck. The Earthship Productions documentary company plans tofurther oceanic expeditions that Cameron will produce and direct the flag of hisproduction company, Lightstorm Entertainment.