American film producer

Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/) is an American film producer, known for producing *anic (1997), a film which won him an Oscar and earned $2.19 billion in gross revenues, and Avatar (2009), which earned $2.8 billion. As of 2021, these are the first and third highest-grossing films of all time, and formerly held the first and second spots.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Awards
• 4 Filmography
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Landau is the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His family is of Jewish background.

Career

Throughout the early '90s, Landau was Executive Vice President of Feature Film Production at Twentieth Century Fox.

He is best known for producing *anic (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 Jur*ic Park (1993). *anic 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 surp*ed their earlier collaboration, *anic, 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 – *anic – 1997
• Golden Globe Award – *anic – 1997
• MTV Movie Award – *anic – 1997
• Academy Award – *anic – 1997
• Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award – *anic – (1997)
• Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award – *anic – 1997
• People Choice Award – *anic – 1997
• Golden Globe Award – Avatar – 2009
• Ahmet Ertegun Award - 2020

Filmography

References

External links

• Jon Landau at IMDb