- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- January 23, 1955
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
Hoyt Yeatman
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.
Filmography
tvSchmigadoon!
2021 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieIt's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
2017 · Self
movieG-Force
2009 · Director, Original Story
movieUnderdog
2007 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
movieRide with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006 · Self
movieFear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005 · Self
movieRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
movieMighty Joe Young
1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieArmageddon
1998 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Rock
1996 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieCrimson Tide
1995 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995 · Self
movieMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
movieNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · Visual Effects
movieThe Abyss
1989 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Blob
1988 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Fly
1986 · Visual Effects Supervisor
movieOne from the Heart
1982 · Additional Photography
movieCanned Performance
1977 · Director