James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis looked as loved-up as ever during a rare public appearance together on Wednesday night.
The 71-year-old Oscar-winning director was spotted affectionately holding hands and cuddling with Amis, 64, at the premiere of a new Billie Eilish documentary.
The longtime couple first met nearly three decades ago while working on the blockbuster Titanic, where Amis portrayed Lizzy Calvert in the modern-day storyline opposite stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
Cameron and Amis married in 2000 and have since built a family together, sharing son Quinn, 21, and daughters Claire, 23, and Elizabeth, 18.
The filmmaker is also father to daughter Josephine, 31, from his previous marriage to Linda Hamilton, whom he directed in The Terminator alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Last year, Cameron spoke candidly about his marriage in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, describing life with Amis as relaxed and deeply connected.
“It’s us walking around the house in socks, reading books, making fires, and talking nonstop,” he said. “After 30 years, we still never run out of things to discuss.”
Amis also reflected on Cameron’s daring 2012 solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in a submersible he spent years developing.
She admitted she feared she might never see him again but understood how passionate he was about the mission.
“He was like a little kid with excitement,” she said. “You can’t take that kind of dream away from someone.”
During the expedition, Cameron famously sent a message to his wife from deep beneath the ocean, saying: “I love you, baby… all the way from the heart of the ocean.”
The affectionate appearance comes as Cameron continues speaking out about the growing role of artificial intelligence in Hollywood.
The Avatar: Fire and Ash director — who also serves on the board of Stability AI — recently admitted he finds the idea of AI-generated actors and performances “horrifying.”
Speaking on CBS Sunday Morning, Cameron emphasized that he sees motion-capture technology as a celebration of real acting rather than a replacement for performers.
He argued that generative AI lacks the individuality, spontaneity, and emotional authenticity that human actors and writers bring to storytelling.
“I don’t want a computer doing what I love doing with actors,” he explained. “The act of performance — seeing an artist create something in real time — will only become more sacred.”
Still, Cameron acknowledged AI could play a useful role behind the scenes, particularly in reducing the cost of visual effects for ambitious science-fiction films.
The director also warned that modern studios are increasingly reluctant to take risks on original stories because of rising production costs and shrinking theatrical audiences.
According to Cameron, AI may ultimately force filmmakers to become even more imaginative and innovative in order to create ideas that feel genuinely new.
