Dream Quest Images
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| Industry | Visual effects |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Defunct | 2001 |
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Key people | Hoyt Yeatman, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister |
Dream Quest Images, later known as The Secret Lab, was an American visual effects company, co-founded in 1979 by Hoyt Yeatman, Scott Squires, Ohio native Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister.[1]
History
After early piecemeal work on Escape from New York, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and One From the Heart,[1] Dream Quest expanded operations and earned back-to-back visual effects Oscars for work on The Abyss and Total Recall.[2][3]
In 1996, Dream Quest was purchased by The Walt Disney Company.[4][5] While Disney began development on Dinosaur, they decided to fold Dream Quest into Walt Disney Feature Animation and subsequently renamed it "The Secret Lab" in 1999.[2][6]
After The Secret Lab did the visuals of the 2000 animated film Dinosaur, a shuttering process begun, started by cancelling the animated film the studio was doing with Walt Disney Feature Animation, Wildlife.[7] The Secret Lab closed its doors in 2001,[2] but it only shut down once its artists finished their work on Reign of Fire and Kangaroo Jack.[8][9]
Dream Quest selected filmography
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See also
References
- ^ a b Richardson, Mark A. (April 1983). "A Dream in the Making". Cinefex (12). Riverside, California: Cinefex LLC. ASIN B000OE4W88. ISSN 0198-1056.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b c Graser, Marc (2001-10-23). "Disney can't keep Secret". Variety. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ Swartz, Kirsten Lee (1991-02-25). "SIMI VALLEY : Oscar to Honor Special Effects Firm". Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ Reed, Mack (1996-04-19). "Disney Buys Dream Quest, Says Firm to Leave Simi". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "Disney buys Dream Quest Images". UPI. April 18, 1996. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "The Death of THE SECRET LAB / DREAM QUEST IMAGES Fx Company... The Story from the Inside! REIGN OF FIRE!". Ain't It Cool News. July 10, 2002. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ DiOrio, Carl (September 25, 2000). "Inside Move: Disney kills 'Wildlife' pic". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "The Death of THE SECRET LAB / DREAM QUEST IMAGES Fx Company The Story from the Inside! REIGN OF..." Aint It Cool News. July 10, 2002.
- ^ Hill, Jim (2003-01-14). "The sad tale of Disney's Secret Lab". jimhillmedia.com.