Earl Hurd
Born
September 14, 1880
Died
September 28, 1940 (60 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Kansas City - Missouri - USA
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