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Jon Landau

1960 - 2024

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Jon Landau (; July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024) was an American film producer. Best known for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, he notably produced Cameron's epic romantic disaster 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 three of the four highest-grossing films of all time, with Avatar in the top spot (not adjusted for inflation). Other notable credits include Solaris (2002) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019), both produced alongside Cameron, as well as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Dick Tracy (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Jon Landau is the 70th most popular producer (up from 80th in 2024), the 8,373rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,080th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Jon Landau ranks 70 out of 140. Before him are Bob Weinstein, Sam Spiegel, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Oskar Messter, and Artur Brauner. After him are Debra Hill, Lorne Michaels, Lawrence Bender, Ekta Kapoor, Gerald R. Molen, and Paul A. Rothchild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jon Landau ranks 335. Before him are Peter F. Hamilton, Tomoyuki Kajino, Takashi Tezuka, Marko Elsner, Adylbek Kasymaliev, and Dave Weckl. After him are Jozef Chovanec, Beata Poźniak, Delio Rossi, Jorge Quiroga, Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, and Eike Immel. Among people deceased in 2024, Jon Landau ranks 392. Before him are Vasile Dîba, Mokhtar Hasni, Terry Bisson, Joe Bryant, Steve Lawrence, and Robert H. Dennard. After him are Comunardo Niccolai, Mitzi Gaynor, Klaus Töpfer, Jean Malaurie, Joanne Chory, and Marlena Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Landau ranks 8,375 out of 20,380. Before him are Sidney Franklin (1893), Mike Farrell (1939), Lorenz Hart (1895), Bo Goldman (1932), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), and Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982). After him are Bud Houser (1901), Kevin Conway (1942), Clyde King (1898), Timothy Zahn (1951), Lucy Parsons (1853), and Fanny Brice (1891).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Jon Landau ranks 36. Before him are Barbara Broccoli (1960), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), Kevin Feige (1973), Robert Chartoff (1933), Bob Weinstein (1954), and Charles Roven (1949). After him are Debra Hill (1950), Lawrence Bender (1957), Gerald R. Molen (1935), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Lawrence Gordon (1936), and Buddy Adler (1906).

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