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Hoyt Yeatman (b. 1955)

Alias:
Hoyt H. Yeatman jr.

Birthplace:
San Francisco, California, USA

Born:
January 23, 1955

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Additional Photography:
1982  One from the Heart

Director:
1977  Canned Performance
1982  One from the Heart
2009  G-Force

Story:
1977  Canned Performance
1982  One from the Heart
2009  G-Force

Visual Effects:
1977  Canned Performance
1982  One from the Heart
1989  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2009  G-Force

Visual Effects Supervisor:
1977  Canned Performance
1982  One from the Heart
1986  The Fly
1988  The Blob
1989  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989  The Abyss
1995  Crimson Tide
1996  The Rock
1998  Armageddon
2007  Underdog
2009  G-Force

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TV Production

Visual Effects Supervisor:
2021  Schmigadoon!

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