Dream Quest Images

Former American visual effects company
  • Culver City, California (1982-1989)
  • Simi Valley, California (1989-2000)
  • Burbank, California (2000-2001)
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

Year Films
1981
  • Evilspeak
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
  • House
  • Short Circuit
  • Captain EO (Disney theme park film)
1987
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  • House II: The Second Story
  • Predator
  • The Lost Boys
  • Real Men
  • The Hidden
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  • The Three Musketeers
1994
1995
1996
  • Shaughnessy (television film)
  • Alien Nation: Millennium (television film)
  • Primal Fear
  • Heaven's Prisoners
  • The Arrival
  • The Rock
  • Rolling Thunder
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
  • Planet of the Apes
2002
  • Reign of Fire
2003

See also

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ a b c Graser, Marc (2001-10-23). "Disney can't keep Secret". Variety. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  3. ^ Swartz, Kirsten Lee (1991-02-25). "SIMI VALLEY : Oscar to Honor Special Effects Firm". Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Disney buys Dream Quest Images". UPI. April 18, 1996. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ DiOrio, Carl (September 25, 2000). "Inside Move: Disney kills 'Wildlife' pic". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Hill, Jim (2003-01-14). "The sad tale of Disney's Secret Lab". jimhillmedia.com.