Jon Landau, Titanic and Avatar Producer, Dead at 63



Jon Landau, who produced several of Hollywood’s biggest films including Titanic and Avatar, has died at the age of 63.

Landau passed away on Saturday, July 6th, following a battle with cancer, according to TheWrap.

A former executive vice president of feature film production at Twentieth Century Fox, Landau later made producing his primary focus through high-profile collaborations with director James Cameron. As a producer on Titanic, Landau helped shepherd the first film to gross $1 billion at the box office and later won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Landau also worked closely with Cameron on 2009’s Avatar and its 2022 sequel, Avatar: The Way of the Water. As of present day, Avatar, The Way of the Water, and Titanic rank as three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.

Landau’s other producing credits included Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Dick Tracy, Solaris, and Alita: Battle Angel.



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