James Cameron mourns helicopter death of two Hollywood filmmakers Mike deGruy, an award-winning American cinema-tographer, and Andrew Wight, an Australian television writer-producer, died when their Robinson R44 helicopter crashed as it was taking off from an airstrip at Berry in New South Wales, Australia. The two men were setting off to scout new locations for a forthcoming film project. Cameron said: "Mike and Andrew were like family to me. They were my deep-sea brothers, and both were true explorers, who did extra-ordinary things and went places no human being has been. Wight, 52, produced the 3D film Sanctum, while DeGruy, 60, a Bafta award winner, made the films The Blue Planet and Pacific Abyss. A joint statement from Cameron and National Geographic said deGruy spent 30 years producing and directing documentary films about the ocean. An accomplished diver and submarine pilot who spent many hours filming deep beneath the sea, he was the director of undersea photography for Cameron's Last Mysteries of the Titanic, the statement said.