Jon Landau (film producer) Production at Twentieth Century Fox. 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 $2.0 billion in gross revenues. The film reached $2.19 billion, more than double the $1.03 billion of then-record-holder "Jurassic Park" (1993). In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster "Avatar", which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration, "Titanic", to become the new (and reigning) highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.79 billion. "Avatar" earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination, losing that year
James Cameron day's shooting. Cameron spent the entire day sailing around the resort, reproducing the lighting but still failed to get the close-up. After he was fired, Ovidio invited Cameron to stay on location and assist in the shooting. Once in Rome, Ovidio took over the editing when Cameron was stricken with food poisoning. During his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for "The Terminator", which later catapulted his film career. After completing a screenplay for "The Terminator", Cameron decided to sell it so that he could