Visual Effects • AGE 70
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 H...


You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
Self
2025

Megalopolis
Thanks
2024

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Second Unit Director
2024

The Equalizer 3
Second Unit Director
2023

Emancipation
Visual Effects Supervisor
2022

Ambulance
Visual Effects Supervisor
2022

The Lion King
Visual Effects Supervisor
2019

Medal of Honor
Director
2018

Eloise
Director
2016

The Jungle Book
Visual Effects Supervisor
2016

Misery Loves Comedy
Editor
2015

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Thanks
2014

Learning to Drive
Thanks
2014

The Wolf of Wall Street
Visual Effects Supervisor
2013

Hugo: Big Effects, Small Scale
Self
2012

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

Hugo
Visual Effects Supervisor
2011

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Visual Effects
2011

Shutter Island
Second Unit Director
2010

The Departed
Visual Effects Supervisor
2006

The Aviator
Visual Effects Supervisor
2004

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Visual Effects Supervisor
2001

What Lies Beneath
Visual Effects Supervisor
2000

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
Self (as Rob Legato)
2000

Armageddon
Visual Effects Supervisor
1998

Titanic
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997

Apollo 13
Visual Effects Supervisor
1995

Interview with the Vampire
Visual Effects Supervisor
1994

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director
1993

HBO First Look
Self
1992

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director
1987