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Visual Effects

Robert Legato

Career

Active from 1987 to 2018, with a break from 1994 to 2015, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
GoodWatch score77/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2017 · Won · 89th Academy Awards

    The Jungle Book

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2012 · Won · 84th Academy Awards

    Hugo

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1998 · Won · 70th Academy Awards

    Titanic

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1996 · Won

    Apollo 13

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2020 · Nominated · 92nd Academy Awards

    The Lion King

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1996 · Nominated · 68th Academy Awards

    Apollo 13

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Legato Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      25
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      Upcoming

      2 titles
      Skibidi Toilet
      Skibidi Toilet

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Untitled Hannibal Film
      Untitled Hannibal Film

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      2020s

      5 titles · average score 58
      Megalopolis
      Megalopolis (2024)
      GoodWatch score 47

      Thanks

      Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
      Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
      GoodWatch score 57

      Second Unit Director

      The Equalizer 3
      The Equalizer 3 (2023)
      GoodWatch score 69

      Second Unit Director

      Ambulance
      Ambulance (2022)
      GoodWatch score 61

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Emancipation
      Emancipation (2022)
      GoodWatch score 55

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      2010s

      9 titles · average score 65
      The Lion King
      The Lion King (2019)
      GoodWatch score 60

      Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director

      Eloise
      Eloise (2016)
      GoodWatch score 28

      Director

      The Jungle Book
      The Jungle Book (2016)
      GoodWatch score 79

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Misery Loves Comedy
      Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
      GoodWatch score 47

      Editor

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
      GoodWatch score 82

      Visual Effects Supervisor, Thanks

      Learning to Drive
      Learning to Drive (2014)
      GoodWatch score 62

      Thanks

      The Wolf of Wall Street
      The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
      GoodWatch score 77

      Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director

      Hugo
      Hugo (2011)
      GoodWatch score 77

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Shutter Island
      Shutter Island (2010)
      GoodWatch score 72

      Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director of Photography

      2000s

      4 titles · average score 72
      The Departed
      The Departed (2006)
      GoodWatch score 84

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      The Aviator
      The Aviator (2004)
      GoodWatch score 78

      Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

      Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
      Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
      GoodWatch score 71

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      What Lies Beneath
      What Lies Beneath (2000)
      GoodWatch score 56

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      1990s

      5 titles · average score 69
      Armageddon
      Armageddon (1998)
      GoodWatch score 54

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Titanic
      Titanic (1997)
      GoodWatch score 77

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Apollo 13
      Apollo 13 (1995)
      GoodWatch score 77

      Visual Effects Supervisor

      Interview with the Vampire
      Interview with the Vampire (1994)
      GoodWatch score 67

      Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Supervisor

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

      Visual Effects Supervisor