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Jon Landau

Academy Award-Winning Producer of Titanic & Avatar

Jon Landau, repeatedly demonstrates his ability to imagine, oversee, and deliver major motion pictures..

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Thanks to Academy Award-winning producer and avant-garde effects artist Jon Landau, we can be certain of a few things in the future. One, “unobtainium” will probably be pretty hard to get a hold of. Two, avatars in the future will have to offer consumers more than just blue – and three, if the technology needed for Jon to tell a story doesn’t exist, it soon will. With an innate ability to inspire others to push the creative boundaries of storytelling, and the imagination to invent any new tools that will achieve this success, Jon Landau teaches audiences that if you feel limited because you feel your ideas are “ahead of their time” – get a new watch. You are the architect of your own reality – this is the epiphany and expertise Jon Landau can bring to your organization today.

Academy Award- and two-time Golden Globe-winning producer Jon Landau, repeatedly demonstrates his ability to imagine, oversee, and deliver major motion pictures. Jon sees every movie as a start-up company, the script as its business plan, and himself as CEO – and a very successful CEO at that. He currently holds the distinction of having produced the two highest grossing movies of all-time, Avatar and Titanic, (with Avatar 2 and 3 in the works.) The combination of Landau’s ability to motivate and innovate has enabled him to play a significant role in numerous major motion pictures. Today, Jon speaks to APB audiences, translating his proven methods seamlessly to academia and the corporate world.

The consensus among the audiences he has spoken to is that Jon Landau is one of the nicest, genuine, non-pretentious people you will ever meet.  He gives all of himself at his events, unafraid to be personable, funny and approachable. Jon also customizes each of his talks, and will even work with you to address your preferences for his presentations, which is not typical for the Hollywood elite, let alone an Oscar winner. It also goes without saying that a Hollywood special effects guru will certainly draw a crowd – expecting to be dazzled. With his own brand of dynamic, “special effective” multi-media presentations, Jon never disappoints. When he starts rolling, and the action starts, you will be able to hear a pin drop, as his incredible story unfolds.

Landau has been a speaker both domestically and internationally at both educational institutions and big companies such as Microsoft, Adobe, Bank of America, University of Southern California, and Loyola University. In his informative and entertaining presentations, Jon not only shares his insight into the film industry (and his experiences working with director James Cameron), but also discusses the broader perspective of business management, innovative marketing, and motivational philosophies – encouraging audiences to be leaders – not just in their careers, but in their lives as well.

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