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14 years ago
Rob Legato
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Academy Award® winner Rob Legato received a Masters Degree in Cinematography from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. Upon graduation Legato went to work for the newly formed H.I.S.K. Productions (Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns) as the live action commercial producer for director David Impastato. After a period of three years Mr. Legato joined Robert Abel & Associates where he served as producer, visual effects supervisor and ultimately director of visual effects oriented TV spots. The experience led to serving as a free lance supervisor and director for various commercial companies for several years before turning to television production.
Mr. Legato served as alternating visual effects supervisor for the TV series "The Twilight Zone" during its second season. This series led to the Paramount Studios production of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" where Mr. Legato served as visual effects supervisor, second unit and episode director for a period of five years. Legato then took over as visual effects producer/supervisor for the newly created series "Deep Space Nine" as well as directing one of the episodes of its first season. Both "Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine" earned Legato two Emmy Awards for Visual Effects.
He brought the experience gained in television, to his work in the cinema, receiving Academy Award nominations for Apollo 13 in 1995. He was also incharge of the effects on Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire". In 1998 Legato received an Academy Award for his work on James Cameron's 1997 "Titanic", which took the use of digital special effects to new heights, particularly in the combining of computer generated images and live action shots.
Legato left Digital Domain to join Sony Pictures Imageworks where he served as visual effects supervisor on two Robert Zemeckis films, What Lies Beneath and Cast Away.
Legato was senior visual effects supervisor on Bad Boys II, which was recently nominated for a VES Award (Visual Effects Society) for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture, and on the international phenomenon Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, based on the best selling books by J.K. Rowling. He is currently second unit director on Martin Scorsese's The Aviator,a film about the life of Howard Hughes.
Academy Award® winner Rob Legato received a Masters Degree in Cinematography from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. Upon graduation Legato went to work for the newly formed H.I.S.K. Productions (Hagmann, Impastato, Stephens & Kerns) as the live action commercial producer for director David Impastato. After a period of three years Mr. Legato joined Robert Abel & Associates where he served as producer, visual effects supervisor and ultimately director of visual effects oriented TV spots. The experience led to serving as a free lance supervisor and director for various commercial companies for several years before turning to television production.
Mr. Legato served as alternating visual effects supervisor for the TV series "The Twilight Zone" during its second season. This series led to the Paramount Studios production of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" where Mr. Legato served as visual effects supervisor, second unit and episode director for a period of five years. Legato then took over as visual effects producer/supervisor for the newly created series "Deep Space Nine" as well as directing one of the episodes of its first season. Both "Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine" earned Legato two Emmy Awards for Visual Effects.
He brought the experience gained in television, to his work in the cinema, receiving Academy Award nominations for Apollo 13 in 1995. He was also incharge of the effects on Neil Jordan's "Interview with the Vampire". In 1998 Legato received an Academy Award for his work on James Cameron's 1997 "Titanic", which took the use of digital special effects to new heights, particularly in the combining of computer generated images and live action shots.
Legato left Digital Domain to join Sony Pictures Imageworks where he served as visual effects supervisor on two Robert Zemeckis films, What Lies Beneath and Cast Away.
Legato was senior visual effects supervisor on Bad Boys II, which was recently nominated for a VES Award (Visual Effects Society) for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture, and on the international phenomenon Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, based on the best selling books by J.K. Rowling. He is currently second unit director on Martin Scorsese's The Aviator,a film about the life of Howard Hughes.
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Congratulations on all your success Robert!
Sincerely,
Alumni Association of Brooks Institute.
Thnaks for replying sir
i m feeling pleasure to get ur views on this topic....
thanks once again....
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