Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; born July 23, 1960)[1] is an American film producer, known for producing Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), which earned $2.19 billion, $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. As of 2023[update], these are three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.
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| Born | July 23, 1960[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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Early life
Landau is the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer.[2] He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[3] Landau is Jewish.[4][2]
Career
Throughout the early 1990s, Landau was executive vice president of feature film production at Twentieth Century Fox.[5]
He is best known for producing Titanic (1997), a film which won him an Academy Award and became the highest-grossing film of all time, the first ever to reach $1 billion in gross revenues. The film reached $1.84 billion, more than double the $914 million of then-record-holder Jurassic Park (1993). Titanic later went on to gross another $300 million in 2012, pushing the film's worldwide total to $2.18 billion, becoming the second film to ever hit $2 billion, as a result.[6]
In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster Avatar,[7] which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration, Titanic, to become the new highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.92 billion. Avatar earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination. The Hurt Locker.[8]
Awards
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award Winner– Titanic – (1997)
- Golden Globe Award Winner– Titanic – (1998)
- Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
- Academy Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
- Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
- MTV Movie Award Winner– Titanic – 1997
- People Choice Award Winner – Titanic – (1999)
- Golden Globe Award Winner – Avatar – (2010)
- Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Nomination – Avatar – (2010)
- Academy Award Nomination – Avatar – (2010)
- Golden Globe Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)
- Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)
- Academy Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)
Filmography
Producer
- Campus Man (1987)
- Titanic (1997)
- Solaris (2002)
- Avatar (2009)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Avatar 3 (2025)
Co-producer
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
References
External links
- Jon Landau at IMDb