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Ethan Hurd

Animation Lead
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Ethan Hurd is an animation artist with over two decades of experience in Animation. Classically trained in 2D animation, Ethan switched to working on computer animation in order to work on Toy Story 2. He is the Animation Lead at Sony Picture Entertainment’s Torchlight division and has worked at such studios as Pixar, DreamWorks, Disney, Sony Imageworks, and Framestore. Ethan has helped bring characters to life on films like Bolt, Detective Pikachu, Madagascar, I Am Legend, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Shrek, and Surf’s Up.

Ethan mentors students in the 3D Character Animation program at Animation Mentor.

Ethan’s Credits

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Toy Story 2

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Shrek

Films

  • Anaconda (2025)
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • Venom 3: The Last Dance
  • Red One
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • Pokémon Detective Pikachu
  • Planes
  • Arthur Christmas
  • Gnomeo and Juliet

Films (Continued)

  • Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
  • Bolt
  • Beowulf
  • Surf’s Up
  • Open Season
  • Madagascar
  • Shrek 2
  • Shrek
  • Toy Story 2

Short Films

  • It’s Tough to Be a Bug
  • Hubert’s Brain
  • Shrek 4-D
  • Far Far Away Idol

Television

  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Marvel’s What If…?
  • Road of Vengeance

Courses Taught By Ethan

Courses may vary from term to term.

Animation
Basics

12-Week Course

Begin your character animation journey and master the basics.

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Body
Mechanics

12-Week Course

Learn to animate realistic bipedal movement.

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Advanced Body
Mechanics

12-Week Course

Create exciting and dynamic action sequences.

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Introduction
to Acting

12-Week Course

Make your characters come alive with emotion.

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Advanced
Acting

12-Week Course

Tell a complex, two-person story with dialogue.

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Feature Animation
Acting & Polish

12-Week Course

Animate a shot the pros would be proud of and finish your demo reel.

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