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name: "Robert Legato"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 May 1956"
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average_fi1m_score: 75
updated: "2026-09-17T00:37:23.982138+00:00"
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# Robert Legato

Director. Born 6 May 1956 in Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 May 1956, Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:**  Rob Legato, 로버트 르가토
- **Works often with:** Alexander Courage, Alexander Singer, Chip Chalmers, Cliff Bole, Corey Allen, David Carson

## Biography

Robert Legato (born 6 May 1956) is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director and director. He was raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and graduated from Ocean Township High School.

Legato worked as visual effects supervisor on *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987–1992) and *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), also directing one episode of the latter series. He later joined Digital Domain and supervised effects on numerous feature films.

His credits include *Titanic* (1997), *Apollo 13* (1995), *Hugo* (2011), *The Jungle Book* (2016) and *The Lion King* (2019). He has won three Academy Awards for visual effects and received a BAFTA award for *Apollo 13*. He directed the feature film *Eloise* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *The Equalizer 3* (2023), Fi1m 60, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md)
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), Fi1m 82, Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *Hugo* (2011), Fi1m 70, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/hugo.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *The Departed* (2006), Fi1m 84, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-departed.md)
- *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), Fi1m 79, Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)

## Also known for

- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Lion King* (2019), Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Aviator* (2004), Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director
- *Ambulance* (2022), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Emancipation* (2022), Visual Effects Supervisor

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