Jon Landau
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Jon Landau (born July 23, 1960) is an American film producer best known for making Titanic (1997), which earned him an Oscar and earned $2.19 billion in gross sales, and Avatar (2009), which earned $2.79 billion.
These are the second and third highest-grossing films of all time as of 2019.
Early life
Landau is the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer. He attended the School of Cinematic Arts in the United States. His family is of Jewish origins.
Career
Throughout the early '90s, Landau was Executive Vice President of Feature Film Production at Twentieth Century Fox.
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.
In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster Avatar, which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration, Titanic, to become the new highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.80 billion. Avatar earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination, losing that year to The Hurt Locker.
Awards
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award – Titanic – 1997
- Golden Globe Award – Titanic – 1997
- MTV Movie Award – Titanic – 1997
- Academy Award – Titanic – 1997
- Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award – Titanic – (1997)
- Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award – Titanic – 1997
- People Choice Award – Titanic – 1997
- Golden Globe Award – Avatar – 2009