Avatar director James Cameron was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8
th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Sunday, February 28. Security is generally tight at this hotel and it's easy to stick out like a sore thumb, standing in the lobby during one of these awards galas. We decided to take our chances and
showed up for departures. We spied several other collectors in the lobby, all attempting to look
inconspicuous to varying degrees. After a lengthy wait, the banquet's guests began leaving. We weren't spotting even a single celebrity leaving this event, even with a touted guest list of James Cameron, Dr. Ed
Catmull (President of Walt Disney and
Pixar Animation Studios), Bill Paxton (“Big Love,” "Titanic"), Amy Smart ("Just Friends", "The Butterfly Effect") Tom Arnold ("True Lies”), Katee
Sackhoff (“24,” “
Battlestar Galactica”) Steve Wozniak (“Dancing with the Stars,” Founder of Apple, Inc.) and many others. Finally, when all was looking bleak, here came James Cameron off the escalator. Even more surprisingly, he stopped and said that he would sign one each. My sister and I ea
ch had Cameron sign an index card with our blue sharpie. Cameron signed quickly, declining photo-ops, and was out the door. He didn't sign any more autographs once he was outside the hotel either, though a collector did manage to snag a photo with the elusive director. We never did see any of the other celebrity guests but after getting Cameron to sign, the evening was already a success. Cameron is a notoriously difficult autograph to obtain and we have personally seen him on four previous
occasions and this is the first time that he actually obliged autograph requests. I guess the lesson is that persistence is the key and with some luck, you might score that desired autograph.
Avatar director James Cameron was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Sunday, February 28. Security is generally tight at this hotel and it's easy to stick out like a sore thumb, standing in the lobby during one of these awards galas. We decided to take our chances and
showed up for departures. We spied several other collectors in the lobby, all attempting to look inconspicuous to varying degrees. After a lengthy wait, the banquet's guests began leaving. We weren't spotting even a single celebrity leaving this event, even with a touted guest list of James Cameron, Dr. Ed Catmull (President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios), Bill Paxton (“Big Love,” "Titanic"), Amy Smart ("Just Friends", "The Butterfly Effect") Tom Arnold ("True Lies”), Katee Sackhoff (“24,” “Battlestar Galactica”) Steve Wozniak (“Dancing with the Stars,” Founder of Apple, Inc.) and many others. Finally, when all was looking bleak, here came James Cameron off the escalator. Even more surprisingly, he stopped and said that he would sign one each. My sister and I ea
ch had Cameron sign an index card with our blue sharpie. Cameron signed quickly, declining photo-ops, and was out the door. He didn't sign any more autographs once he was outside the hotel either, though a collector did manage to snag a photo with the elusive director. We never did see any of the other celebrity guests but after getting Cameron to sign, the evening was already a success. Cameron is a notoriously difficult autograph to obtain and we have personally seen him on four previous occasions and this is the first time that he actually obliged autograph requests. I guess the lesson is that persistence is the key and with some luck, you might score that desired autograph.
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