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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.
Earl Hurd was an American animator and a pioneer in the art form. He worked for various cartoon studios, namely those of J.R. Bray, Paul Terry, Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. Historically, he is important as the patented inventor of cel animation.
Dec 23, 2019 · In 1914, the producer J. R. Bray and the animator Earl Hurd began patenting the process known as cel animation, which was a crucial step in the industrialization of the art form.
Fredrick Earl Hurd 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.
The series was created by Earl Hurd, who directed and/or animated most of the films. The Bobby Bumps cartoons were the first to be produced using the cel animation process. [3] Previously, animated cartoons were produced using paper animation: a new drawing was made for each frame of film.
Earl Hurd was an influential American animator known for his pioneering contributions to the development of animation techniques in the early 20th century.
In 1914 Earl Hurd received a patent for his innovation of using clear sheets of celluloid (cels), which eliminated the need to redraw background scenes, since sheets containing various movements could be laid on top of one another.
