Jon Landau

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Jon Landau

Born 1960-07-23 · New York City, New York, USA

Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024) was an American film producer. Best known for his collaborations with filmmaker James Cameron, he notably co-produced Cameron's epic romantic 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). Landau's other notable credits include Solaris (2002) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019), both of which he produced alongside Cameron, as well as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Dick Tracy (1990). Following his death from cancer in 2024, Landau's final works will be the final three Avatar sequels, for which he will be credited posthumously. His memoir, The Bigger Picture: My Blockbuster Life & Lessons Learned Along the Way, written after his cancer diagnosis, was published in November 2025, featuring a foreword by Cameron. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 poster
7.2

An inside look at one of the most anticipated movie sequels ever with James Cameron and cast.

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022

Capturing Avatar poster
7.0

Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.

Capturing Avatar

2010

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora poster
6.5

The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010

Reflections on Titanic poster
7.2

An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.

Reflections on Titanic

2012

Inside Pandora's Box poster
6.0

A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema

Inside Pandora's Box

2023

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' poster
7.8

The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew give us an idea of how hard of a time David Fincher had creating his first feature film, as well as present us with much information about every element that went into making this film, including how the plot and script changed drastically through filming.

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003

Titanic: Stories from the Heart poster
7.0

James Cameron, Jon Landau, and Kate Winslet reflect on the making of Titanic, sharing unseen footage, behind-the-scenes insights, and memories that shaped cinema’s most unforgettable love story.

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

2023

Brian May's Brief History of 3D poster
7.0

A look into the history of 3D by Brian May from Queen.

Brian May's Brief History of 3D

2011

Titanic: Breaking New Ground poster
7.0

This documentary narrated by Peter Coyote, shows the making of the Oscar-winning movie by James Cameron.

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

1998

Behind the camera

Avatar: Fire and Ash poster
7.6

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

Avatar poster
7.6

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

Avatar

2009

Avatar: The Way of Water poster
7.6

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

Titanic poster
7.9

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Titanic

1997

Alita: Battle Angel poster
7.3

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Alita: Battle Angel

2019

Solaris poster
6.0

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

Solaris

2002

Avatar 4 poster
NR

The fourth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.

Avatar 4

2029

Avatar 5 poster
NR

The fifth installment of the franchise. Plot TBA.

Avatar 5

2031

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron poster
7.4

James Cameron brings together some the world's leading Titanic experts, including engineers, naval architects, artists and historians, to solve the lingering mysteries of why and how the 'unsinkable' ship sank.

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

2012

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NR

A remake of the 1966 sci fi classic.

Fantastic Voyage

Campus Man poster
4.4

Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He's got what it takes, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So he cooks up a plan to make the first ever all male sports calendar. He eventually convinces Cactus Jack, a very shadowy and tough loan shark, to give him enough money to make the deal. Todd makes enough to pay for his education, but what about the money he owes Cactus Jack?

Campus Man

1987