Yair Landau is Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and President of Sony Pictures Digital (SPD), an operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which he formed in 1999 to bring together Sony Pictures' digital artists, technologists and production software engineers to create exceptional digital entertainment for audiences around the world.

SPD consists of Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Online Entertainment, SonyPictures.com and Mobile. The division produces stories, characters, images and games that are conceived, created and rendered digitally.

Since joining Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1991, Mr. Landau has served in many positions including Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. In that capacity, he was responsible for bringing the SPIDER-MAN franchise to Sony.

Under Mr. Landau's direction, Sony Pictures Imageworks has developed into a leading, state-of-the-art digital animation and visual effects company creating computer-generated imaging (CGI) for motion pictures. In 2003, he supervised production of Imageworks' first animated short, THE CHUBB CHUBBS!, which won numerous awards including an Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film. In 2005, the visual effects and animation team at Sony Pictures Imageworks was honored with an Academy Award® for Achievement in Visual Effects for SPIDER-MAN 2. Most recently, the company's visual effects team was nominated again for an Academy Award® for Achievement in Visual Effects for their work on THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE.

Mr. Landau also manages Sony Pictures Animation (SPA), a full-scale animation unit producing full-length CG animated feature films from storyboard to screens. SPA will release its first all CG animated feature, OPEN SEASON, September 29, 2006 and its second film, SURF'S UP in the summer of 2007.

Over the past six years, Mr. Landau has grown Sony Online Entertainment into a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games with a subscriber base of over 750,000 active accounts around the globe. Sony Online Entertainment is known internationally for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles for PC's including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Star Wars Galaxies (published by Lucas Arts), Champions of Norrath™ series for the PlayStation 2, and Untold Legends™, a top selling title for the PlayStation Personal (PSP).

At Sony Pictures Digital, Mr. Landau is driving the company's expansion into the digital marketplace via Sonypictures.com and the creation of mobile games and personalization products, casual games and video. He and the SPD team formed the five-studio Movielink partnership and developed the enabling technology for it. Movielink, which launched in 2002, is the first major studio Internet movie download service.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, Mr. Landau holds a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Landau resides in Los Angeles with his family.