- Birthday
- 1956-05-06
- Place of Birth
- Ocean Township, New Jersey, USA
Robert Legato
Visual EffectsBiography
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 ...
