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Hoyt Yeatman
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, includ…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2021
Schmigadoon!
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2017
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2009
G-Force
Movie Director
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2007
Underdog
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
Movie Self
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2005
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Movie Self
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2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie Self
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1998
Mighty Joe Young
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1998
Armageddon
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1996
The Rock
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1995
Crimson Tide
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1995
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Movie Self
- 1994
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1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Movie Visual Effects
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1989
The Abyss
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1988
The Blob
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1986
The Fly
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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1982
One from the Heart
Movie Additional Photography
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1977
Canned Performance
Movie Director
