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 infrontofthecamera appearance on Reading Rainbow for an episode devoted to a behindthescenes 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