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For the British photographer, see Julia Margaret Cameron.
Julia B. Cameron
Born (1948-03-04) March 4, 1948 (age 76)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorgetown University,
Fordham
Occupation(s)Teacher,
author,
filmmaker,
playwright,
journalist
Known forThe Artist's Way
Spouse(s)Martin Scorsese,
Mark Bryan
WebsiteJulia Cameron Live

Julia B. Cameron (born March 4, 1948,[1] in Illinois) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is most famous for her book The Artist's Way (1992). She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays.

Biography

Julia Cameron was born and raised in a Chicago suburb, and grew up Catholic. She started college at Georgetown University, then transferred to Fordham. She started her journalism career at the Washington Post, then moved on to Rolling Stone.[2]

She met Martin Scorsese when interviewing him for Rolling Stone. They married in 1975 and divorced in 1977; Cameron was Scorsese's second wife. They have one daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, born in 1976. Cameron and Scorsese collaborated on three films.

Cameron's memoir Floor Sample details her descent into alcoholism and drug addiction, which induced blackouts, paranoia and psychosis.[3] In 1978, reaching a point in her life when writing and drinking could no longer coexist,[4] Cameron stopped the drugs and alcohol, and began teaching creative unblocking, eventually publishing the book based on her work: The Artist's Way.[3] She states creativity is an authentic spiritual path.[2]

Cameron has taught filmmaking, creative unblocking, and writing. She has taught at The Smithsonian, Esalen, the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, and the New York Open Center.[2] At Northwestern University, she was writer in residence for film.[2] In 2008 she taught a class at the New York Open Center, The Right to Write, named and modeled after one of her bestselling books, which reveals the importance of writing. She continues to teach regularly around the world.

Cameron has lived in Los Angeles,[5] Chicago,[5] New York City,[5] and Washington D.C.,[1] but now lives in New Mexico.[2]

Bibliography

Nonfiction

  • The Artist's Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children (Tarcher/Hay House, 2013)
  • The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of "Enough" (Tarcher/Hay House, 2011; ISBN 978-1-58542-897-7)
  • The Creative Life: True Tales of Inspiration (Tarcher, 2010)
  • The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living (Tarcher, 2009)
  • Prayers to the Great Creator: Prayers and Declarations for a Meaningful Life (Tarcher, 2008)
  • The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size (Tarcher, 2007; ISBN 1-58542-571-0 )
  • Floor Sample (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1-58542-494-3), a memoir
  • How to Avoid Making Art (2006; ISBN 1-58542-438-2), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron
  • The Sound of Paper (Tarcher, 2004; Hardcover ISBN 1-58542-288-6)
  • Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties (Tarcher, 2003; Rev&Updtd edition ISBN 1-58542-212-6)
  • Walking in this World (Tarcher, 2003; Reprint edition ISBN 1-58542-261-4)
  • The Artist's Way, 10th Annv edition (Tarcher, 2002; ISBN 1-58542-146-4)
  • Inspirations: Meditations from The Artist's Way (Tarcher, 2001;ISBN 1-58542-102-2)
  • God is Dog Spelled Backwards (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 1-58542-062-X)
  • God is No Laughing Matter (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 1-58542-065-4)
  • Supplies: A Pilot's Manual for Creative Flight (2000)
  • The Artist's Date Book (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0-87477-653-8 ), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron Evans
  • Money Drunk Money Sober (Ballantine Wellspring, 1999; ISBN 0-345-43265-7)
  • The Writing Life (Sounds True, 1999; ISBN 1-56455-725-1)
  • Transitions (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0-87477-995-2)
  • The Artist's Way at Work (Pan, 1998; ISBN 0-330-37319-6)
  • Blessings (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 0-87477-906-5)
  • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 1-58542-009-3)
  • Heart Steps (Tarcher, 1997; ISBN 0-87477-899-9)
  • The Vein of Gold (1997; ISBN 0-87477-836-0)
  • The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal (Tarcher, 1995; ISBN 0-87477-886-7)
  • Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1585424633)
  • The Money Drunk (1993)
  • The Artist's Way (1992)

Fiction

  • Popcorn: Hollywood Stories (Really Great Books, 2000; ISBN 1-893329-12-7)
  • The Dark Room (Carroll & Graf Pub,1998; ISBN 0-7867-0564-7)

Musicals

  • Avalon
  • Magellan
  • The Medium at Large

Plays

  • Four Roses
  • Public Lives
  • The Animal in the Trees

Poetry collections

  • This Earth (Sounds True, 1997; ISBN 1-56455-549-6)
  • Prayers for the little ones (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1-58063-048-0)
  • Prayers to the nature spirits (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1-58063-047-2)
  • The Quiet Animal

Film/TV

  • Miami Vice TV (1 episode)
  • God's Will (independent movie)

References

  1. ^ a b Floor Sample, by Julia Cameron, (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1-58542-494-3), a memoir
  2. ^ a b c d e "A Biography of Julia Cameron". Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Publishers Weekly. "Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir". Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  4. ^ "How the artist found her way, INTERVIEW BY JAY MACDONALD, Julia Cameron's path from rock bottom to creative success". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir. (Brief Article) (Book Review)". Publishers Weekly. 253 (8): 144. February 20, 2006.

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