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'''Jon Landau''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|n|d|aʊ}}; July 23, 1960 – July 6, 2024)<ref name="DOB"/> was an American [[film producer]], who won an [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Academy Award]] for producing ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997). He was known for producing ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|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}}, these are three of the four [[List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films]] of all time.
'''Jon Landau''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|n|d|aʊ}}; July 23, 1960 – July 6, 2024)<ref name="DOB"/> was an American [[film producer]], who won an [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Academy Award]] for producing ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997). He was known for producing ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) and ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' (2022), which earned $2.19 billion, $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. {{as of|2024}}, these are three of the four [[List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films]] of all time.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 20:53, 6 July 2024

Jon Landau
Head and shoulders images of Jon Landau looking to right of camera at 2022 press conference in Tokyo
Landau in 2022
Born(1960-07-23)July 23, 1960[1]
New York City, U.S.
DiedJuly 6, 2024(2024-07-06) (aged 63)
EducationUniversity of Southern California
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1987–2024
Parents

Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; July 23, 1960 – July 6, 2024)[1] was an American film producer, who won an Academy Award for producing Titanic (1997). He was known for producing Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), which earned $2.19 billion, $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. As of 2024, these are three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.

Early life

Landau was 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 was 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.

Landau died of cancer on July 6, 2024.[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

Co-producer

References

  1. ^ a b "Jon Landau". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Pat Sierchio (March 1, 2010). "Producer Landau: Interpreter of Dreams". JewishJournal.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Appelo, Tim (20 September 2017). "Top 50 Film Schools of 2017 Ranked, From USC to Full Sail". TheWrap.
  4. ^ Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (1965). "Harry Rudolph". Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. New York: Bloch Publishing Co.
  5. ^ "Jon Landau has been named senior vice..." Los Angeles Times. 14 February 1990. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Titanic becomes second ever film to take $2 billion". The Telegraph. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012.
  7. ^ "James Cameron & Jon Landau Land In New Zealand Ahead Of 'Avatar' Production Restart". Deadline. 1 June 2020.
  8. ^ Kaloi, Stephanie (2024-07-06). "Jon Landau, 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' Producer, Dies at 63". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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