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Hiroyuki David Yabu

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  • Animation Department
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Hiroyuki David Yabu is known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Source Code (2011) and Dragonball: Evolution (2009).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
    Edge of Tomorrow
    7.9
    • Animation Department(as David Yabu)
    • 2014
    Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)
    Source Code
    7.5
    • Visual Effects(as David Yabu)
    • 2011
    Chow Yun-Fat, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Eriko Tamura, and Jamie Chung in Dragonball: Evolution (2009)
    Dragonball: Evolution
    2.5
    • Visual Effects(as David Yabu)
    • 2009
    Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Jonah Hill in This Is the End (2013)
    This Is the End
    6.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 2013

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • lead: Weta FX
      • 2025
    • Matthew Wood, Pedro Pascal, Ralph Ineson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Julia Garner, Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Quinn in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
      The Fantastic Four: First Steps
      6.8
      • visual effects lead: Weta FX
      • 2025
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Dev Patel, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.6
      • motion: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
      Beauty and the Beast
      7.1
      • animator
      • 2017
    • Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
      Beauty and the Beast
      6.4
      • lead animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2014
    • Vin Diesel in Riddick (2013)
      Riddick
      6.4
      • animation lead: Modus
      • 2013
    • Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Jonah Hill in This Is the End (2013)
      This Is the End
      6.6
      • lead animator: Modus FX
      • 2013
    • Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Mélanie Laurent, Mark Ruffalo, and Dave Franco in Now You See Me (2013)
      Now You See Me
      7.2
      • lead animator: Modus FX
      • 2013
    • The Legend of Sarila (2013)
      The Legend of Sarila
      4.9
      • lead animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2013
    • Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Henry Cavill, Isabel Lucas, Daniel Sharman, Kellan Lutz, Luke Evans, and Freida Pinto in Immortals (2011)
      Immortals
      6.0
      • animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2011
    • Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
      The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
      5.0
      • lead animator: Modus FX (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • March of the Dinosaurs (2011)
      March of the Dinosaurs
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2011
    • Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)
      Source Code
      7.5
      • animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2011
    • Liv Tyler, Elliot Page, and Rainn Wilson in Super (2010)
      Super
      6.7
      • animator: Modus FX (as David Yabu)
      • 2010
    • George Clooney and Violante Placido in The American (2010)
      The American
      6.3
      • animator: Modus FX
      • 2010

    Animation Department

    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
      The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
      6.0
      • animator
      • 2020
    • Ben Whishaw in Paddington (2014)
      Paddington
      7.3
      • animator (as David Yabu)
      • 2014
    • Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
      Edge of Tomorrow
      7.9
      • animator (as David Yabu)
      • 2014
    • Samuel L. Jackson and Nathan Phillips in Snakes on a Plane (2006)
      Snakes on a Plane
      5.5
      • animator (uncredited)
      • 2006

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      • David Yabu

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