
Hoyt Yeatman
Personal Info
Known for
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-01-23 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Acting
The Reality Trip
as self
(2017)
(2006)
(2005)
(1995)
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
(1994)
Crew
(2009)
G-Force
Story, Director
(2007)
Underdog
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1998)
Armageddon
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1996)
The Rock
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1995)
Crimson Tide
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1989)
The Abyss
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Visual Effects
(1988)
The Blob
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1986)
The Fly
Visual Effects Supervisor
(1981)
One from the Heart
Additional Photography
(1977)
Canned Performance
Director