Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, James Cameron

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and James Cameron are amongst those that have paid tribute to lauded producer Jon Landau, who died Friday on the age of 63.

“Jon was an extremely form, smart, and empathetic soul, who wished to create nothing however a optimistic influence on anybody or something approached,” DiCaprio mentioned in an announcement of the late producer on Sunday, by way of Deadline. “His legacy and management will reside on perpetually. My condolences are along with his total household. Relaxation in peace; you’ll be deeply missed.” DiCaprio portrayed Jack Dawson within the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, which earned Landau and Cameron a Greatest Image Oscar.

Co-star Kate Winslet — who portrayed Dawson’s love curiosity Rose DeWitt Bukater, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Greatest Actress — instructed Deadline on Saturday she had recognized Landau “since I used to be 20 years previous.” She added: “His ardour for filmmaking solely deepened with age.”

“Jon Landau was the kindest and better of males,” she mentioned. “He was a person who was wealthy with compassion and distinctive at supporting and nurturing groups of phenomenal artistic folks.”

Along with her starring position in Titanic, Winslet reconnected with Landau and Cameron for 2022’s Avatar: The Means of Water, the place she voiced Ronal. The Avatar sequel is the third highest grossing movie of all time, with Titanic — the primary movie to interrupt $1 billion on the field workplace globally — rating at Quantity 4 (Avatar sits at Quantity One and Avengers: Endgame is Quantity Two).

“His energy in life was realizing the significance of household, at residence and at work,” Winslet continued. “He was all the time stuffed with smiles and gratitude. I can’t consider I’m scripting this, can’t consider he’s gone.” 

Director James Cameron, with whom Landau fashioned an in depth working partnership for a fruitful three a long time, shared an announcement on Saturday: “The Avatar household grieves the lack of our good friend and chief, Jon Landau. His zany humor, private magnetism, nice generosity of spirit and fierce may have held the middle of our Avatar universe for nearly 20 years. His legacy is not only the movies he produced, however the private instance he set — indomitable, caring, inclusive, tireless, insightful and completely distinctive.”