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Earl Hurd

Animator

Died when: 60 years 14 days (720 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Earl Hurd

Earl Hurd (September 14, 1880 – September 28, 1940) was a pioneering American animator and film director.He is noted for creating and producing the silent Bobby Bumps animated short subject series for early animation producer J.R.

Bray's Bray Productions.Hurd and Bray are jointly responsible for developing the processes involved in cel animation, and were granted patents for their processes in 1914.

Animator Andy Luckey is a maternal cousin, twice removed, of Hurd's.


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