Art History
Arturo Hernández’s animation career spans twenty-nine years with over two dozen film credits. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Arturo is a first generation Mexican American whose love of story telling was nurtured by his beloved Abuelita Becky. As a result, his pride in his culture and heritage runs deep. Arturo’s animation journey began in 1994 as an assistant animator on the film, Cats Don’t Dance. A year later, he was recruited to work on Fantasia 2000 for Disney where he spent the next eighteen years as an animator, story artist, and head of story. There, his film credits include; Hercules, Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, The Tinker Bell films, Planes: Fire & Rescue, and many more. In 2015, Arturo left Disney to pursue directing opportunities and was soon developing projects for Warner Bros Feature Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, and Hasbro/eOne, where he served as the creative supervisor/director for an entirely new, undeveloped property and Co-Producer on the film My Little Pony: A New Generation. More recently, Arturo developed the Cat in the Hat and Speedy Gonzales features for Warner Bros Discovery while also directing the animated feature, Out of the Nest for T&B Media Global which will be initially released nationwide in China later this year.
Arturo lives in the heart of Downtown LA with his wife of 26 years and their two incredibly stubborn dachshunds.