Earl Hurd
September 14, 1880 – September 28, 1940
60 years
Biography
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. -Wikipedia Entry
