Robert Legato, born in 1956 and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director and second unit director of photography. He supervised visual effects for the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, work that earned Emmy recognition, before moving into feature films. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and has won three, for Titanic, Hugo and The Jungle Book, and he won the British Academy award for special effects for Apollo 13. He also directed the 2016 film Eloise. Legato is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the American Society of Cinematographers and the Visual Effects Society.
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Robert Legato (born 1956) is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director, and second unit director of photography.
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Robert Legato (born 1956) is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director, and second unit director of photography.
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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.
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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.
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Prior to his work in film, he was a Visual Effects Supervisor for Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1992
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