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Robert Legato

Robert Legato

Known For Visual Effects
Birthday May 06, 1956 (69)
Birthplace Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Sep 21, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Robert Legato directed the 2016 film Eloise. Legato has been nominated for five Academy Awards and has won three. His first win was for his visual effects work on Titanic, his second was for his work on Hugo and his third for The Jungle Book. In 1996, he won the BAFTA award for Best Achievement in ... Special Effects for Apollo 13, for which he also garnered his first Academy Award nomination. He won Academy Awards in Visual effects for Hugo and The Jungle Book. In 2020, he received his fifth Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for The Lion King. Prior to his work in film, he was a Visual Effects Supervisor for Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1992, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1993. His work on the Star Trek franchise earned him three Emmy nominations and two wins, as well as an in-front-of-the-camera appearance on Reading Rainbow for an episode devoted to a behind-the-scenes look at TNG. Legato is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the Visual Effects Society (VES).

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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024

Second Unit Director

Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

The Equalizer 3

The Equalizer 3

2023

Second Unit Director

The Lion King

The Lion King

2019

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

2016

Visual Effects Supervisor

Misery Loves Comedy

Misery Loves Comedy

2015

Editor

Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive

2014

Thanks

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Visual Effects Supervisor, Thanks

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor

Hugo

Hugo

2011

Visual Effects Supervisor

Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010

Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor

The Departed

The Departed

2006

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Aviator

The Aviator

2004

Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Visual Effects Supervisor

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

2000

Visual Effects Supervisor

Armageddon

Armageddon

1998

Visual Effects Supervisor

Titanic

Titanic

1997

Visual Effects Supervisor

Apollo 13

Apollo 13

1995

Visual Effects Supervisor

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

1994

Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

Eloise

Eloise

2016

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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HBO First Look

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 12, 1992

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