The 'Titanic' director, 68, has dived to the 1912 luxury liner's wreckage 33 times.
Film Director James Cameron attends"Meet The Filmmakers" at Apple Store Soho on August 5, 2014 in New York City. OceanGate submersible that imploded"I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now," the "Titanic" director wrote on his Instagram Story. "I’m NOT in talks about an OceanGate film, nor will I ever be."
The "Avatar" director, whose 1997 film about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 won 11 Academy Awards, is a member of the deep submersion community and has dived to the wreckage 33 times himself — but never with OceanGate. Following the "catastrophic implosion" that killed the OceanGate passengers bound for the Titanic on June 18, Cameron told media outlets heabout his concerns over the experimental sub’s design, especially its controversial use of carbon fiber for the hull. ‘TITANIC’ DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON BREAKS SILENCE ON OCEANGATE DISASTER"I thought it was a horrible idea," Cameron told Reuters last month.
He also questioned the ethics of asking passengers to pay to ride when the company billed the sub as "experimental." "We celebrate innovation, right? But you shouldn't be using an experimental vehicle for paying passengers that aren't themselves OceanGate’s Titan sub lost contact with its mothership less than two hours into its descent toward that Titanic, launching an international search that lasted until June 23 when authorities revealed a debris field had been found near the Titanic and that all five old board — OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, billionaire...
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