Hoyt Yeatman

Visual Effects Jan 23, 1955 (71 years old) San Francisco, California, USA

Hoyt Yeatman (born January 23, 1955 in San Francisco, California, USA) is a visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of films, including Armageddon, Con Air, and The Rock. He made his directorial debut with the film G-Force.

Yeatman is an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

In 1979 Yeatman, Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister co-founded Dream Quest Images, a groundbreaking visual effects house, winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1989 for the motion control and underwater effects in The Abyss. In 1996 Dream Quest was purchased by The Walt Disney Company, which became Disney's "The Secret Lab" in 1999. The Secret Lab closed its doors in 2003.

6 Acting Credits

13 Crew Credits

Hoyt Yeatman

Acting

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"

Crew

Armageddon

The Rock

The Fly

The Abyss

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

G-Force

Crimson Tide

The Blob

Mighty Joe Young

Underdog

One from the Heart

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