Jon Landau (/ˈlændaʊ/; born July 23, 1960)^[1] is an American film producer, known for producing Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), which earned $2.19 billion, $2.9 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. As of 2023^[update], these are three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.

Landau is the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer.^[2] He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts.^[3] Landau is Jewish.^[4][2]

Throughout the early 1990s, Landau was executive vice president of feature film production at Twentieth Century Fox.^[5]

He is best known for producing Titanic (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 Jurassic Park (1993). Titanic 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.^[6]

In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster Avatar,^[7] which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration, Titanic, to become the new highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.92 billion. Avatar earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination. The Hurt Locker.^[8]

• Florida Film Critics Circle Award Winner– Titanic – (1997)
• Golden Globe Award Winner– Titanic – (1998)
• Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
• Academy Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
• Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award Winner – Titanic – (1998)
• MTV Movie Award Winner– Titanic – 1997
• People Choice Award Winner – Titanic – (1999)
• Golden Globe Award Winner – Avatar – (2010)
• Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Nomination – Avatar – (2010)
• Academy Award Nomination – Avatar – (2010)
• Golden Globe Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)
• Producers Guild of America Darryl F Zanuck Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)
• Academy Award Nomination – Avatar: The Way of Water – (2023)