Hoyt Yeatman

Personal Info

Known For

Visual Effects

Known Credits

6

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-01-23 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

  • Hoyt H. Yeatman jr.

Hoyt Yeatman

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.

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Camera

1981
One from the Heart as Additional Photography

Directing

2009
G-Force as Director
1977
Canned Performance as Director

Visual Effects

2021
Schmigadoon! as Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
Underdog as Visual Effects Supervisor
1998
Armageddon as Visual Effects Supervisor
1996
The Rock as Visual Effects Supervisor
1995
Crimson Tide as Visual Effects Supervisor
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Visual Effects
1989
The Abyss as Visual Effects Supervisor
1988
The Blob as Visual Effects Supervisor
1986
The Fly as Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

2009
G-Force as Story
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