What is Jon Landau?
[[File:Avatar- The Way of Water Tokyo Press Conference- Jon Landau (cropped).jpg |thumb|Landau in 2022]] '''Jon Landau''' (July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] movie producer. He is best known for his work with [[James Cameron]]: ''[[Titanic (1997 movie)|Titanic]]'' (1997), ''[[Solaris (2002 movie)|Solaris]]'' (2002) and ''[[Avatar (2009 movie)|Avatar]]'' (2009). He also produced ''[[Campus Man]]'' (1987), ''[[Honey, I Shrunk The Kids]]'' (1989), ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 movie)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990), ''[[Alita: Battle Angel]]'' (2018) and ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' (2022). Landau was born in [[New York City]], [[New York]]. He was the son of Edie, a producer, and [[Ely A. Landau]], a studio executive and producer. He was [[Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/oscars/article/producer_landau_interpreter_of_dreams_20100301/|title=Producer Landau: Interpreter of Dreams|access-date=December 11, 2015|date=March 1, 2010|author=Pat Sierchio|publisher=[[JewishJournal.com]]|archive-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611095922/http://www.jewishjournal.com/oscars/article/producer_landau_interpreter_of_dreams_20100301/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Landau died at the age of 63 on July 5, 2024 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from [[cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaloi |first=Stephanie |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Jon Landau, 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' Producer, Dies at 63 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jon-landau-dies-titanic-avatar-james-cameron/ |access-date=July 6, 2024 |website=[[TheWrap]] |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706192223/https://www.thewrap.com/jon-landau-dies-titanic-avatar-james-cameron/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jon-landau-dead-avatar-titanic-producer-1236061781/|title=Jon Landau, Oscar-Winning 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' Producer, Dies at 63|first=Ethan|last=Shanfield|publisher=Variety|date=July 6, 2024|accessdate=July 6, 2024|archive-date=July 7, 2024|arc