
Visual Effects
Hoyt Yeatman
Born 1955-01-23 · 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.
Acting credits
9.0Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes look at how the visual effects were created for popular films of the era.
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
8.0For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. Presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work, along with hours of supplemental features.
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
8.0Feature length documentary on the making of David Cronenberg's The Fly.
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005
9.0This documentary provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this high-tension thriller about the decisions faced by a submarine crew who think the President may have ordered a missle launch. Includes interviews with stars Washington and Hackman, as well as other members of the cast and crew, who relate their experiences in working on the film.
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
NRRetrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, Arye Gross and Jonathan Stark, among others.
It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"
2017
Making of 'Blue Thunder'
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Behind the camera
5.5A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defeat the villain and save the world?
G-Force
2009
NRColor UCLA Student Animation Workshop Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Mixed live action and stop motion absurdist animation of a desert traveler who encounters a Godzilla-like monster emerging from a Coca-Cola can. Directed by animator and special effects artist Hoyt Yeatman, known for visual effects on The Fly (1986), Armageddon (1998), The Abyss (1989), and for directing G-Force (2009).
Canned Performance
1977