What was the first feature-length movie directed by James Cameron?

Call us shrewd, but requiring nearly $1.5 billion just to break even on a movie seems like a risky business model. Still, that’s exactly how much James Cameron has said Avatar: The Way of Water needs to make to do just that.

But there’s no doubting this master of modern blockbuster movies. As this sentence was typed, the Avatar sequel probably made another $500 million, and will surely go on to previously unfathomable heights.

But even the mighty James “There Wasn’t Enough Room On the Door” Cameron had to get his start somewhere. Which movie was the first to be directed by this iconic filmmaker?