Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau, known for blockbusters like Titanic and Avatar, has died at age 63.
A long-time collaborator of filmmaker James Cameron, Landau reportedly passed away on Friday after battling cancer for over a year.
His sister Tina confirmed his death on social media, describing him as “the best brother a girl could ever dream of.”
“My heart is broken but also bursting with pride & gratitude for his most extraordinary life, and the love and gifts he gave me – and all who knew him or his films,” she wrote.
Landau was the son of Hollywood producers Ely and Edie Landau and for a time was an executive at the film production company 20th Century Fox, overseeing films including The Last Of The Mohicans and Die Hard 2.
Alongside James Cameron, Landau co-produced the 1997 hit Titanic, the first film to surpass $1 billion at the global box office. His later works, Avatar (2009) and its sequel Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), also broke Titanic’s records.
He co-produced other successful films such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Dick Tracy, and held a management role at Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment.
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