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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 invented cel animation and worked for various studios, including Disney, where he contributed to 'Snow White' and 'Fantasia'.
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.
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.
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.
Its creator, Earl Hurd, owned a 1914 patent for the use of celluloid and his employment by J.R. Bray (at whose studio this film was made) consolidated a near monopoly on streamlined animation technology.
May 31, 2018 · Earl Hurd, a young animator and mechanical inventor, quickly applied for a patent in 1914. The illusion of movement was achieved via Hurd's process: "by drawing upon a series of transparent sheets.
