Canadian born James Cameron (Titantic, Avatar) is credited with directing and co-writing Terminator (his partner in crime Gale Anne Hurd, producer), but another science fiction writer, Harlan J. Ellison sued him and won a paltry $65K because Cameron admitted in interviews that he had “ripped off” story lines from two Outer Limits segments Ellison had written. Ms. Stewart claims (and the FBI concurs) that Terminator is also based on her seminal work (The Third Eye) and that it is, in fact, the prequel to Matrix. Initially, she was not aware of this infringement, not having seen Terminator. It was the FBI that informed her that Terminator was indeed part of the copyright infringement case and pursued a civil liberties case on her behalf. (Sarrah Connor who the Terminator relentlessly pursues in the film is Neo’s mother (Matrix). The case was ruled in her favor.