Hoyt Yeatman

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Hoyt Yeatman
Born
Hoyt Horatio Yeatman Jr.

(1955-01-23) January 23, 1955 (age 69)
Occupation(s)Visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor
Years active1977-present
SpouseGiselle Garavini
ChildrenHoyt Horatio Yeatman IV

Hoyt Yeatman (born January 23, 1955) is an American visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of films, including Armageddon , Con Air , and The Rock . [1] He made his directorial debut with the film G-Force . [2]

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Yeatman is an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. [3]

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 2001. [4]

He received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1999.

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