Landau’s partnership with James Cameron led to a best picture win for 1997’s «Titanic.» Together they account for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, including «Avatar» and its sequel.
Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, «Titanic» and two «Avatar» films, has died. He was 63.
Landau’s family announced his death Saturday. No cause of death was given.
Landau’s partnership with Cameron led to three Oscar nominations and a best picture win for 1997’s «Titanic.» Together the pair account for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, including «Avatar» and its sequel, «Avatar: The Way of Water.»
«Jon Landau believed in the dream of cinema. He believed that film is the ultimate human art form, and to make films you have to first be human yourself», Cameron said in a lengthy statement posted by The Hollywood Reporter. «He will be remembered as much for his vast generosity of spirit as for the movies themselves.
«I worked with Jon Landau for 31 years and I never saw him downcast once», Cameron said. «He led with a balance of humor and fierce will, and true joy in the work.»
Landau’s career began in the 1980s as a production manager, and he gradually rose through the ranks, serving as a co-producer on «Honey I Shrunk the Kids» and «Dick Tracy.»
He took on the producer role on «Titanic», Cameron’s expensive epic about the infamous 1912 maritime disaster.
