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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 asThe Secret Lab, was an American visual effects company, co-founded in 1979 byHoyt Yeatman,Scott Squires,Ohio native Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister.[1]
After early piecemeal work onEscape from New York,E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, andOne From the Heart,[1] Dream Quest expanded operations and earned back-to-back visual effectsOscars for work onThe Abyss andTotal Recall.[2][3]
In 1996, Dream Quest was purchased byThe Walt Disney Company.[4][5] While Disney began development onDinosaur, they decided to fold Dream Quest intoWalt 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 filmDinosaur, a shuttering process begun, started by cancelling the animated film the studio was doing withWalt 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 onReign of Fire andKangaroo Jack.[8][9]
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