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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 born on 14 September 1880 in Kansas, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Fantasia (1940) and Ski-Hi the Cartoon Chinaman (1915). He died on 28 September 1940 in Burbank, California, USA.
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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.
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.
Pioneer animator Earl Hurd, who took out a patent on the cel animation process and helped revolutionize the animation industry under the auspices of J.R. Bray, directed this Bobby Bumps short for...
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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.
