Cameron Watson was an American dialogue coach for French actors working in English-speaking film projects. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin on August 23, 1943, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from high school in 1961, he briefly attended Creighton University before traveling the United States from coast-to-coast. He then traveled abroad to Paris, France, where attended the American University in Paris and earned an Associates degree in 1966.