Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who labored carefully with director James Cameron on the “Titanic” and the “Avatar” franchise, has died. He was 63.
Alan Bergman, Disney Leisure co-chairman, introduced Landau’s loss of life in a press release Saturday. No explanation for loss of life was given.
“Jon was a visionary whose extraordinary expertise and fervour introduced among the most unforgettable tales to life on the massive display. His exceptional contributions to the movie business have left an indelible mark, and he can be profoundly missed. He was an iconic and profitable producer but a fair higher individual and a real drive of nature who impressed throughout him,” Bergman stated.
Landau’s partnership with Cameron led to 3 Oscar nominations and a finest image win for 1997’s “Titanic.” Collectively the pair account for among the largest blockbusters in film historical past, together with “Avatar” and its sequel, “Avatar: The Means of Water.”
Born in New York Metropolis, on July 23, 1960, Landau was the son of movie producers. He grew up within the Riverdale part of the Bronx and moved together with his household to Los Angeles within the mid-Nineteen Seventies and attended the USC College of Cinematic Arts.
Landau’s profession started within the Eighties as a manufacturing supervisor, and he steadily rose by means of the ranks till taking over a producer position on “Titanic,” Cameron’s costly epic concerning the notorious catastrophe. The guess paid off: “Titanic” grew to become the first film to cross $1 billion in international box-office earnings and went on to win 11 Oscars, together with finest image.
“I can not act and I can not compose and I can not do visible results. I suppose that is why I am producing.” Landau stated whereas accepting the award with Cameron.