Trivia

As of 2015, two films he has produced are the highest grossing of all time at the worldwide box office: Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), both of which were directed by James Cameron.

Attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA).

Through the 1990s, he was executive vice president of feature film production at 20th Century Fox.

Son of Ely A. Landau and Edie Landau.

Frequently works with director James Cameron.

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 (1997) later went onto 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.

Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster Avatar (2009), which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration Titanic (1997) to become the new highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.92 billion. Avatar (2009) earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination. Shortly after his death, Cameron stated that it was Landau who was actually "the heart of the Avatar family" and "the center of gravity of our bubble universe".

Following his death from cancer, he was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. He passed away on July 5, 2024, only 18 days away from what would have been his 64th birthday on July 23, 2024.

Brother of Kathy Landau and Tina Landau.