American visual effects supervisor who worked on The Next Generation before winning three Academy Awards for Titanic, Hugo and The Jungle Book.
Robert Legato, an American visual effects supervisor born in 1956, was one of the visual effects supervisors on Star Trek: The Next Generation during its early seasons and also worked on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, overseeing starship and space sequences produced for television budgets and schedules.
He went on to a major feature film career, winning Academy Awards for the visual effects of Titanic, Hugo and The Jungle Book, and has worked as a second unit director and cinematographer.