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Robert Legato

Visual Effects

Born May 6, 1956 · Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA

Also known as Rob Legato · 로버트 르가토

Biography

Robert Legato (born 1956) is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director, and second director of photography. Raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Legato graduated from Ocean Township High School.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2017
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2012
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1998
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2020 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2017 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1998 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Visual Effects · 1996 · nominated

Filmography26 titles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987Director

Shutter Island

2010Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor

The Departed

2006Visual Effects Supervisor

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2001Visual Effects Supervisor

Titanic

1997Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993Director

Emancipation

2022Visual Effects Supervisor

Apollo 13

1995Visual Effects Supervisor

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014Thanks, Visual Effects Supervisor

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

The Equalizer 3

2023Second Unit Director

Hugo

2011Visual Effects Supervisor

The Aviator

2004Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

The Lion King

2019Visual Effects Supervisor

The Jungle Book

2016Visual Effects Supervisor

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024Second Unit Director

Armageddon

1998Visual Effects Supervisor

Medal of Honor

2018Director

Ambulance

2022Visual Effects Supervisor

What Lies Beneath

2000Visual Effects Supervisor

Learning to Drive

2014Thanks

Misery Loves Comedy

2015Editor

Megalopolis

2024Thanks

Eloise

2016Director