WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education, today announced that the Oscar®, Emmy® and BAFTA award winner Rob Legato will speak at DCS 2011 at NAB about his work on the highly anticipated 3D project from the director Martin Scorsese, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which is scheduled for release Thanksgiving 2011. Legato’s talk is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Saturday, 9 April 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the South Hall Rooms S222/223.
Spanning cinema, broadcast, and broadband, DCS 2011 – which is co-produced by SMPTE and NAB – is a premier industry technology event. This year’s gathering takes place 9-10 April 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Register today at: www.smpte.org/events/DCS2011.
“Hugo Cabret is one of the first primarily dramatic feature films to be entirely photographed in Digital Stereo. Not relying on typical Action, Adventure or Visual effects normally reserved for this technology, this drama totally embraces 3D solely for its artistic merits and unique ability to enhance the depth, and breadth of character, locale, and story,” said Legato. “Martin Scorsese produced, designed, and directed every setup of this film specifically in 3D to explore and enhance the creative storytelling opportunities of this new art form.”
Legato is a highly regarded visual effects supervisor, director, and director of photography – as well as an expert in virtual and 3D production. He has worked with Martin Scorsese in varying roles, including second unit director/cameraman and visual effects supervisor on The Aviator and Shutter Island and second unit director/cameraman for The Departed. He also served as second-unit director/cameraman and visual effects supervisor for Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd; as second unit director for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; visual effects supervisor for Apollo 13, Cast Away, Titanic, and What Lies Beneath; and senior effects director for Bad Boys II.
In addition to his production credits, Legato created and conceived the virtual cinematography pipeline and created the prototype of the virtual camera rig for Avatar.
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The Oscar® Award-winning and Emmy® Award-winning Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is the leading technical society for the motion imaging industry. As an internationally recognized and accredited standards-setting body, SMPTE develops standards, recommended practices and guidelines, and spearheads educational activities to advance engineering and moving imagery. Headquartered in New York, SMPTE is comprised of engineers and other technical specialists, IT, and new media professionals, filmmakers, manufacturers, educators, and consultants in more than 65 countries. www.smpte.org