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Hoyt Yeatman

b. 1955

American visual effects artist

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Born 1955. Hoyt Yeatman is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and director.

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. 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 2002. He received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1999.

Filmography Director G-Force (2009) (credited as Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr.)

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Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Awards
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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Who is Hoyt Yeatman?

American visual effects artist

When was Hoyt Yeatman born?

Hoyt Yeatman was born on 23 January 1955 in San Francisco.

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Hoyt Yeatman is a film director, screenwriter, actor and director.

What nationality is Hoyt Yeatman?

Hoyt Yeatman is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hoyt Yeatman

· Wikidata: Q977853

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