Dream Quest Images was an effects firm established in 1979 by Hoyt Yeatman and Scott Squires. The company worked on more than one hundred projects ranging from films, shows and commercials.
In 1996, they were bought out by Disneynote to enter the then-emerging VFX market, serving as their equivalent to Sony's Imageworks and Fox's VIFX divisions. Their last movie under the Dream Quest banner was Bicentennial Man, after which they became a division of Walt Disney Feature Animation (presently known today as Walt Disney Animation Studios) and renamed The Secret Lab, where they provided computer animation for their 2000 film, Dinosaur. Their last film under that name was Reign of Fire, as Disney folded it into WDFA the year of its release to cut costs.
See also the aforementioned Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, which were both later bought by Disney (in 2006 and 2012, respectively).
Other movies and shows worked on by Dream Quest/The Secret Lab include:
- 102 Dalmatians
- The Abyss (and a Behind-the-Scenes special)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- Armageddon (1998)
- Amazing Stories
- Beetlejuice (Provided Adam's model city)
- Big Trouble
- Blade Runner
- The Blob (1988)
- Blue Thunder (their first project as the main effects house)
- Bubble Boy
- Caddyshack (uncredited Matte Painting services for Apogee Productions)
- Captain EO
- Con Air
- Crimson Tide
- The Crow (1994)
- D.A.R.Y.L.
- Deal of the Century
- Deep Rising
- Dinosaur (were transformed into The Secret Lab around this time)
- Escape from Horrorland
- Escape from New York
- Fat Man and Little Boy
- The Fly (1986) (Provided the teleportation effects and the computer text/graphics)
- George of the Jungle
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) (remake)
- Gremlins
- Hot Shots!
- Inspector Gadget (1999)
- JAG (season one)
- Jonny Quest: The Real AdventuresList
- Kangaroo Jack
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Mask
- The Mighty Ducks
- Mighty Joe Young
- Moonwalker ("Smooth Criminal" segment)
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- National Lampoons European Vacation
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- Night of the Comet
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- One Crazy Summer
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Predator
- Primal Fear
- The Princess Diaries
- The Rock
- Shanghai Noon
- Short Circuit (and its sequel)
- Snow Dogs
- The Stuff
- The Swan Princess (Scene enhancements; movie with Hanho Heung-Up)
- Total Recall (1990)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Unbreakable
- V (1983)
- Waterworld
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
