Ed Ghertner
Ed has worked extensively as a supervisor and lead on top-flight television projects and animated features. (Most often, people in the cartoon business spend most of their working lives on one side of the animation divide or the other.)
Mr. Ghertner, a graduate of Cal Arts, started his time in the industry working as an animator for Ralph Bakshi, then traveled to Disney, where he worked as a layout artist on The Great Mouse Detective. From there, he segued into television work, being among the first hires at a new studio called Film Roman (the entity that produces The Simpsons.) He’s been zig-zagging back and forth ever since.
Ed served as supervising layout artist on Beauty and the Beast and continued working in similar capacities on the Disney features Lion King, Mulan, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. He’s written a book how-to about composing and designing environments for animated features, and today, he works on prime-time television shows.