Robert Legato

Robert "Rob" M. Legato is a director and visual effects coordinator from Ocean Township, New Jersey, who worked as such on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Legato started out as visual effects coordinator/supervisor for the franchise and has fulfilled that role for the entirety of his tenure at the franchise. However, he was also given the opportunity to flex his muscles as director, and has directed two episodes of The Next Generation, third season's and fourth season's  as well as one Deep Space Nine episode, first season's. In addition, he directed the 1991 The Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition documentary. His work on the Star Trek franchise has earned Legato three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects, as well as two won Emmy Awards.

Legato's name can be seen on a panel in the episode and was referenced in several other episodes as Robert Legato (Vice Admiral)

Before he was hired on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Legato worked at Image G, and it was Legato who was instrumental in bringing in that company as regular supplier after the pilot episode. (, pp. 60-61)

In 1996 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for his work on the drama Apollo 13 which he shared with visual effects artist Leslie Ekker. Two years later in 1998 he received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on 's drama Titanic.

He worked with director on the films The Aviator and The Departed, both as visual effects coordinator and second unit director. More recent projects include Scorsese's horror thriller Shutter Island (2010) on which he worked as visual effects supervisor and 's science fiction films Avatar (2009) and Battle Angel (2011) on both as virtual cinematography system creator and visual effects pipeline engineer.

In 2012, Legato won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for his work on Martin Scorcese's adventure Hugo.

Star Trek credits
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 * As Director
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 * (1991, as Rob Legato)
 * (1993)
 * The Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991)
 * As Visual Effects Coordinator/ Visual Effects Supervisor
 * As Visual Effects Coordinator/ Visual Effects Supervisor
 * (Season 1 - Visual Effects Coordinator)
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Emmy Awards
Legato received the following Emmy Award wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects:
 * Emmy Award nomination for, shared with Gary Hutzel, Steve Price, Don Greenberg, Erik Nash, Don Lee, and Michael Okuda
 * Emmy Award nomination for, shared with Gary Hutzel, David Takemura, Michael Okuda, Don Greenberg, Erik Nash, Steve Price, Syd Dutton, Robert Stromberg, Bill Taylor, and Don Lee
 * Emmy Award nomination for, shared with Gary Hutzel, David Takemura, Patrick Clancy, Steve Price, Michael Okuda, Erik Nash, Syd Dutton, Don Lee, and Bill Taylor
 * Emmy Award win for, shared with Gary Hutzel, David Takemura, Patrick Clancey, Adrian Hurley, Adam Howard, Don Lee, and Dennis Hoerter
 * Emmy Award win for, shared with with Gary Hutzel, Michael Dallas Gibson, and Dennis Blakey.

Star Trek interviews

 *  Reading Rainbow, Season 6, Episode 1: "The Bionic Bunny Show"
 * "Rob Legato - Director to, The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 19, pp. 43-47, interviewed by Lee Goldberg
 * DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Deep Space Nine Scrapbook Year One"/ "Building the Station", interviewed on )
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
 * Movie Magic, Season 1, Episode 11: "Models and Miniatures: A Model of Perfection"
 * TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Visual Effects", "Image G", "Shooting Elements"), interviewed on
 * TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry" ("Gene Roddenberry Building Dedicated to Star Trek's Creator"), interviewed on 4 April 2002