Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
biography
Producer Jon Landau began in the business as a post-production supervisor and production manager before earning his first producing credit on "Campus Man" (1987). After co-producing "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (1989) and Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" (1990), he served as vice president of feature productions at 20th Century Fox, where he began his professional relationship with director James Cameron with "True Lies" (1994). During his five-and-a-half year tenure at Fox, Landau supervised production on many films, including "Die Hard 2" (1990), John Hughes' "Home Alone" (1990) and its sequel