Visual Effects
Community Rating
7.2
TMDB estimate
Born
January 23, 1955 (age 71)
Born in
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, 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.
Schmigadoon!
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2021
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It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
as Self
2017
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G-Force
as Story, Director
2009
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Underdog
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
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Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self
2006
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Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
as Self
2005
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
2005
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Mighty Joe Young
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1998
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Armageddon
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1998
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The Rock
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1996
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Crimson Tide
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1995
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The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
1995
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
1994
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
as Visual Effects
1989
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The Abyss
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1989
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The Blob
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1988
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The Fly
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1986
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One from the Heart
as Additional Photography
1982
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Canned Performance
as Director
1977
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