
Person
Hoyt Yeatman
Visual Effects · Born 1955-01-23 · San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known for

The Rock
Visual Effects Supervisor

The Fly
Visual Effects Supervisor

Armageddon
Visual Effects Supervisor

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Visual Effects

Schmigadoon!
Visual Effects Supervisor

The Abyss
Visual Effects Supervisor

The Blob
Visual Effects Supervisor

Crimson Tide
Visual Effects Supervisor

G-Force
Director

Underdog
Visual Effects Supervisor
Filmography
- 2021Schmigadoon!Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2017It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"Self
- 2009G-ForceDirector
- 2007UnderdogVisual Effects Supervisor
- 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'Self
- 2005Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The FlySelf
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf
- 1998Mighty Joe YoungVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1998ArmageddonVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1996The RockVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1995Crimson TideVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'Self
- 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf
- 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationVisual Effects
- 1989The AbyssVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1988The BlobVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1986The FlyVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1982One from the HeartAdditional Photography
- 1977Canned PerformanceDirector
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