Jon Landau | |
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| Born | July 23, 1960[1] |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Awards | Academy Award for Best Picture Titanic (1997) |
Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; born July 23, 1960)[1] is an American film producer, known for producing Titanic (1997), a film which won him an Oscar and earned $2.19 billion in gross revenues, as well as Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), which earned $2.9 billion and $2.2 billion respectively. As of 2023, these are three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.
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.
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.[5]
In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster Avatar,[6] 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, losing that year to The Hurt Locker.[7]
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
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References
- 1 2 "Jon Landau". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- 1 2 Pat Sierchio (March 1, 2010). "Producer Landau: Interpreter of Dreams". JewishJournal.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ↑ Appelo, Tim (20 September 2017). "Top 50 Film Schools of 2017 Ranked, From USC to Full Sail". TheWrap.
- ↑ Postal, Bernard; Silver, Jesse; Silver, Roy (1965). "Harry Rudolph". Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. New York: Bloch Publishing Co.
- ↑ "Titanic becomes second ever film to take $2 billion". The Telegraph. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012.
- ↑ "James Cameron & Jon Landau Land In New Zealand Ahead Of 'Avatar' Production Restart". Deadline. 1 June 2020.
- ↑ "Oscar snubs "Avatar's" motion-capture actors". Reuters. 3 February 2010.
External links
- Jon Landau at IMDb