Robert Legato

Visual Effects
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Director

Robert Legato was born on 6 May 1956 in Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA. He is an assistant director and director, known for Titanic (1997), Apollo 13 (1995) and Hugo (2011).

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Won 3 Oscars
- 27 wins & 27 nominations total

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LeVar Burton and Robert Legato in Reading Rainbow (1983)

Visual FX crew review 3D motion capture data with James Cameron for Titanic. From bottom left: Brett Gassaway, James Cameron, Daniel Ma and Robert Legato.

Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez, and Andrew R. Jones at an event for The Oscars (2017)

Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez, and Andrew R. Jones

Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Adam Valdez, Luke Evans, and Daisy Ridley

Robert Legato, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning

Known for

Titanic

7.9

Visual Effects

1997

Apollo 13

7.7

Visual Effects(Digital Domain)

1995

Hugo

7.5

Visual Effects

2011

The Jungle Book

7.4

Visual Effects

2016

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Visual Effects

Emancipation
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2022
Ambulance
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2022
The Lion King
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2019
The Jungle Book
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2016
The Wolf of Wall Street
- production visual effects supervisor (as Rob Legato)
- 2013
Hugo
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
- visual effects
- 2011
Shutter Island
- production visual effects supervisor (as Rob Legato)
- 2010
Avatar
- virtual production conceived by
- visual effects pipeline engineer (as Rob Legato)
- 2009
Standard Operating Procedure
- visual effects supervisor
- 2008
Shine a Light
- post production consultant (as Rob Legato)
- 2008
The Key to Reserva
- visual effects supervisor (as Rob Legato)
- Short
- 2007
The Nanny Diaries
- visual effects consultant (as Rob Legato)
- 2007
The Good Shepherd
- senior visual effects supervisor (as Rob Legato)
- 2006
The Departed
- production visual effects supervisor (as Rob Legato)
- 2006

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Emancipation
- second unit director
- 2022
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- second unit director: Maryland unit (as Rob Legato)
- 2020
The Lion King
- second unit director
- 2019
The Jungle Book
- second unit director
- 2016
The Wolf of Wall Street
- second unit director
- 2013
Hugo
- second unit director
- 2011
A Nightmare on Elm Street
- second unit director: Los Angeles & insert units (as Rob Legato)
- 2010
Shutter Island
- second unit director (as Rob Legato)
- 2010
The Good Shepherd
- second unit director (as Rob Legato)
- 2006
The Departed
- second unit director (as Rob Legato)
- 2006
Bewitched
- second unit director
- 2005
The Aviator
- second unit director (as Rob Legato)
- 2004
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- second unit director
- 2001
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
- second unit director (as Rob Legato)
- 1994