Jon Landau
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960-07-23
- Died
- 2024-07-05
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Bigger Picture
- Admit It, You Want to Be Fat
- It's too late to stop now
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Film & TV
Production · New York City, New York, USA
Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024) was an American film producer. Best known for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, he notably co-produced Cameron's epic romantic film Titanic (1997)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture—as well as Cameron's Avatar film series (2009–2029). As of 2025, Titanic, Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) are…
Known for
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films — Self - Producer2025
- Inside Pandora's Box — Self2023
- Titanic: Stories from the Heart — Self2023
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2022
- Reflections on Titanic — Self2012
- Brian May's Brief History of 3D — Self2011
- Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora — Self2010
- Capturing Avatar — Self2010
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' — Self2003
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground — Self1998
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Rethinking the Inception Architecture for Computer Vision
· 2016 · cited 21,516x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,718x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,715x
- Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future.
· 2003 · cited 9,913x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,212x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-07-23 ) July 23, 1960, New York City , NY, U.S.
- Died
- July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) (aged 63), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery , Culver City, California , U.S.
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Occupation
- Film producer
- Years active
- 1987–2024
- Spouse
- Julie Lamm ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
- Parents
- Ely Landau (father) Edie Landau (mother)
- Relatives
- Les Landau (half-brother) Tina Landau (sister)
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Key dates
- Born
- 23 July 1960
- Died
- 5 July 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Family name
- Landau
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Ely Landau
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
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Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024) was an American film producer. Best known for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, he co-produced Cameron's Titanic (1997)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture—as well as Cameron's Avatar film series (2009-2025). Titanic, Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) are three of the four highest-grossing films of all time, with Avatar in the top spot. Landau's other notable credits include Solaris (2002) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019), both of which he produced alongside Cameron, as well as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Dick Tracy (1990). His final film, Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) is dedicated to his memory.
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