Robert Legato

Robert Legato

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).

  • Title: Robert Legato
  • Popularity: 2.721
  • Known For: Visual Effects
  • Birthday: 1956-05-06
  • Place of Birth: Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Rob Legato, 로버트 르가토
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Robert Legato Movies

  • 2012
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    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    6 2012 HD

    The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of director Martin Scorsese, the story's themes, the origins...

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  • 2012
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    Hugo: Big Effects, Small Scale

    Hugo: Big Effects, Small Scale

    1 2012 HD

    A brief look at the making of one of the critical special effects shots in the film "Hugo."

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  • 2000
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    In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

    In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire

    6 2000 HD

    A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1994 film, Interview with the Vampire.

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  • 2024
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    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

    Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

    7 2024 HD

    Follow the story of how the Old West was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during and...

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  • 2004
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    The Aviator

    The Aviator

    7.2 2004 HD

    A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer...

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  • 2015
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    Misery Loves Comedy

    Misery Loves Comedy

    6.2 2015 HD

    Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and...

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  • 2006
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    The Departed

    The Departed

    8.2 2006 HD

    To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done...

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  • 2016
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    Eloise

    Eloise

    5.139 2016 HD

    Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. However,...

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  • 1997
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    Titanic

    Titanic

    7.906 1997 HD

    101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and...

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  • 2001
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    7.913 2001 HD

    Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful...

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  • 2013
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    The Wolf of Wall Street

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    8.033 2013 HD

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob...

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  • 2016
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    The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book

    6.9 2016 HD

    A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a...

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  • 2014
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    Learning to Drive

    Learning to Drive

    6.2 2014 HD

    As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company...

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  • 2000
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    What Lies Beneath

    What Lies Beneath

    6.4 2000 HD

    When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the...

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  • 1995
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    Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    7.4 1995 HD

    The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with...

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  • 2010
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    Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    8.2 2010 HD

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his...

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  • 1994
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    Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

    7.383 1994 HD

    A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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  • 1994
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    Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

    7.383 1994 HD

    A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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  • 2010
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    Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    8.2 2010 HD

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his...

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  • 2010
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    Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

    8.2 2010 HD

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his...

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  • 2013
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    The Wolf of Wall Street

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    8.033 2013 HD

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob...

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  • 2013
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    The Wolf of Wall Street

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    8.033 2013 HD

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob...

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  • 2011
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    Hugo

    Hugo

    7.2 2011 HD

    Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the...

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  • 2023
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    The Equalizer 3

    The Equalizer 3

    7.328 2023 HD

    Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn...

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  • 1994
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

    Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Aviator

    The Aviator

    7.2 2004 HD

    A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer...

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  • 2019
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    The Lion King

    The Lion King

    7.1 2019 HD

    Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival....

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  • 1992
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    HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

    4.9 1992 HD

    HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in 1992 with a documentary on A League of...

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  • 1970
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    HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

    8.359 1970 HD

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new...

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  • 1970
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    HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

    7.866 1970 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome...

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  • 1970
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    HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

    6.9 1970 HD

    Honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a Medal of Honor, this docudrama series re-creates their inspiring true stories.

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