Producer JON LANDAU began a professional relationship with James Cameron during "True Lies" in his capacity as executive vice president of feature production at 20th Century Fox. During his five-and-a-half years in that post, he supervised production on many major motion pictures from Fox, including "Die Hard 2," the "Home Alone" films, "White Men Can't Jump," "Last of the Mohicans," "Alien3," "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Speed," "Waiting to Exhale" and "Broken Arrow." Landau was co-producer on "Dick Tracy" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." He produced "Campus Man" for Paramount. Born in New York City, Landau is a graduate of USC.

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RAE SANCHINI serves as Executive Producer of the film and is president of James Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. She served as executive producer on Lightstorm's other recent productions, "True Lies" and "Strange Days." Prior to joining Lightstorm in 1992, Sanchini served as an executive at Carolco Pictures Inc. after graduating from UCLA's JD/MBA program in 1987.

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For "Titanic," Director of Photography RUSSELL CARPENTER , A.S.C., joins James Cameron for the third time. In addition to the action-comedy "True Lies," he shot the spectacular multi-media footage for "T2-3D," on view only at Universal's Orlando theme park. In contrast to his many action credits, "The Indian in the Cupboard" revealed an intimate photographic style developed by Carpenter for the delicacy of the story. His film credits also include "Hard Target," "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman," "The Lawnmower Man," "Perfect Weapon," "Solar Crisis," the haunting "Lady in White" and the recent "Money Talks." With Stan Winston directing, Carpenter photographed the Michael Jackson music video "Ghosts."

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Production Designer PETER LAMONT was very happy when Jim Cameron asked him to take charge of "Titanic," presenting an irresistible challenge to an already notable career. Earning an Academy Award® nomination for "Aliens," Lamont's first collaboration with Cameron, he returned for "True Lies." Mastering the art of combining glamour and action during the course of 15 James Bond films, his feature film credits include "GoldenEye," "Licence to Kill," "The Living Daylights," "A View to a Kill," "Octopussy" and "For Your Eyes Only." Lamont also earned Oscar® nods for his work on "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Fiddler on the Roof."

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"Titanic" marks the fourth Cameron film CONRAD BUFF , A.C.E. has edited, with "The Abyss," "True Lies" and "T2" in their history together. He received ACE nominations for "True Lies" and "T2," the latter also earning him an Academy Award® nomination. Recently, Buff edited "Dante's Peak," "Species" and "SwitchBack." His films also include "Jennifer 8," "Jagged Edge" and "The Getaway."

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Editor RICHARD A. HARRIS came onboard for "T2," returned for "True Lies" and counts "Titanic" as his third collaboration with James Cameron. He received ACE nominations for "True Lies" and "T2," the latter also earning him an Oscar® nod. For his contribution to "Indictment: The McMartin Trial," Harris won an Emmy, a CableACE and the Eddy Award from the ACE. Selected credits include "L.A. Story," "The Bodyguard," "Fletch," "The Bad News Bears," "The Candidate" and "Downhill Racer."

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Costume Designer DEBORAH L. SCOTT brings to "Titanic" the wealth of her film experience and the richness of her research. As comfortable in period work as she is in contemporary, Scott's films include "Heat," "Legends of the Fall," "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday," "The Indian in the Cupboard," "Hoffa," "Defending Your Life," "Back to the Future" and "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial."

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Composer JAMES HORNER last worked with James Cameron on "Aliens," for which he received Academy Award® and Grammy Award nominations. They share an association that began when working together on films for Roger Corman. Known for his stylistic variety, the prolific composer has scored more than 70 motion pictures since 1980, including "Apollo 13," "Braveheart," "Field of Dreams," "An American Tail," "The Devil's Own," "Ransom," "Legends of the Fall," "Clear and Present Danger," "Patriot Games," "Casper," "Sneakers," "Glory," "Willow," "The Name of the Rose," "Cocoon" and "48 HRS." A three-time Grammy Award winner, Horner has also been nominated for five Academy Awards® and four Golden Globe Awards.

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Visual Effects Supervisor ROB LEGATO received an Academy Award® nomination and a British (BAFTA) Academy Award for his stellar contribution to "Apollo 13." Previously, he had served as visual effects supervisor and 2nd unit director on Neil Jordan's "Interview With the Vampire." Legato earned two Emmy Awards for Best Visual Effects for his work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" in the varying roles of visual effects supervisor, visual effects producer, 2nd unit and episode director. A graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography, Legato began his career working on live-action-oriented TV commercials.

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Special Effects Coordinator THOMAS L. FISHER has conceived and constructed some of the most spectacular effects in motion pictures. Quietly, with his son and partner Scott, Fisher figured out how to repeatedly sink half a ship weighing over one million pounds.

Another veteran of "T2" and "True Lies," Fisher's non-Cameron action films include "Batman," "Last Action Hero," "Total Recall," "Last of the Mohicans," "Blade Runner" and the "Rambo" film trilogy.

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Stunt Coordinator SIMON CRANE believes the 100 stunt people he used in the tilting poop deck scenes may represent one of the largest stunt sequences ever filmed. Even his warrior scenes in "Braveheart" were performed by only 35 stunt personnel. Crane has been the stunt/action coordinator on "GoldenEye," "101 Dalmatians" and more recently "Saving Private Ryan." For "Cliffhanger" he was the aerial stunt coordinator and performer for the daring plane to plane transfer. For "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and "Hamlet," he was 2nd unit director as well.

A stunt performer on dozens of films, Crane was stunt double for many leading actors before making the jump to coordinator. In "Titanic," he was cast as 4th Officer Boxhall so he could be on deck in the middle of the action.

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Marine Coordinator LANCE JULIAN considers his contribution to "Titanic" to be challenging although it was supportive rather than primary because "we were never on moving water." A veteran of "Cutthroat Island," "The Phantom" and "Waterworld," the New Zealand-born, Honolulu-based master mariner operated family marine businesses before lending his skills to motion pictures.

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Key Makeup Artist TINA EARNSHAW researched not only the delicate makeup styles of the period, but worked with doctors and hospitals to study the effects of hypothermia on the human body for post-disaster sequences in "Titanic." Earnshaw's film credits include "Hamlet," "Jefferson in Paris," "Othello," "Emma," "Surviving Picasso" and the upcoming "Sliding Doors," starring Gwyneth Paltrow, and "Cinderella," starring Anjelica Huston and Drew Barrymore.

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Key Hair Stylist SIMON THOMPSON has worked on films such as "The French Lieutenant's Woman," "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" and "Emma," as well as toured with performers such as Madonna and Liza Minnelli.

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The film's Historian, DON LYNCH , is the official historian for the Titanic Historical Society. Born in Idaho and raised in the Northwest, Lynch discovered the story of Titanic as a teenager and began researching the disaster. In the nearly quarter of a century since, he has met with a number of survivors and their families and traveled to museums, libraries and archives throughout the United States, Ireland and England. Lynch is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Titanic . Together with Ken Marschall, Lynch authored Titanic: An Illustrated History .

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Visual Historian KEN MARSCHALL is the world's foremost painter of the Titanic His thirty years of research and familiarity with Titanic s every structural detail assisted in the accurate re-creation of the film's sets and miniatures. Marschall's startlingly lifelike images reflect many years of close study of the ship and are famous for their accuracy as well as their dramatic artistry. Marschall's work has been featured on the covers of Time and Life , as well as in National Geographic , Smithsonian and in Dr. Robert Ballard's best-selling books The Discovery of the Titanic , The Discovery of the Bismarck and Exploring the Lusitania , and others. His paintings are prominently featured Titanic: An Illustrated History , on which he collaborated with Don Lynch. He is also a matte painter and did the paintings for such films as "The Winds of War," "The Terminator," "Stand by Me" and many others.