Robert Legato

ActorCrewDirectingVisual EffectsDirector May 6 (age 69) Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA 1987–2025 (38 year career)

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Biography

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 High School.

Known For

Film

Shutter Island

Second Unit Director

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

Second Unit Director

Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Titanic

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

The Departed

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Thanks

Film

The Lion King

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Interview with the Vampire

Second Unit Director

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (4)

You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath

2025

as Self

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

2012

as Self

6.0

Hugo: Big Effects, Small Scale

2012

as Self

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

2000

as Self (as Rob Legato)

6.0

Television (1)

HBO First Look

1992

as Self

4.9

Crew (36)

Movies (32)

Megalopolis

2024

Thanks

5.2

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Second Unit Director

The Equalizer 3

Second Unit Director

Ambulance

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.6

Emancipation

2022

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.8

The Lion King

2019

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.1

The Jungle Book

2016

Visual Effects Supervisor

Eloise

Director

Misery Loves Comedy

Editor

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Thanks

7.4

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.4

Learning to Drive

2014

Thanks

6.2

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Second Unit Director

8.0

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Second Unit Director of Photography

8.0

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

Visual Effects Supervisor

8.0

Hugo

2011

Visual Effects Supervisor

Shutter Island

Second Unit Director

Shutter Island

Second Unit Director of Photography

8.2

Shutter Island

2010

Visual Effects Supervisor

8.2

The Departed

2006

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Aviator

Second Unit Director

The Aviator

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.2

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.9

What Lies Beneath

2000

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.4

Armageddon

1998

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.8

Titanic

1997

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.9

Apollo 13

1995

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.5

Interview with the Vampire

1994

Second Unit Director

7.4

Interview with the Vampire

1994

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

1994

Visual Effects Supervisor

1.0

Untitled Hannibal Film

Visual Effects Supervisor

Untitled Skibidi Toilet Film

Visual Effects Supervisor

Television (4)

Medal of Honor

2018

Director

6.6

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011

Visual Effects

7.5

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

Director

7.9

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Director

8.4