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Gale Anne Hurd

 
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  • Born: Oct 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Writer
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Science Fiction, Action
  • Career Highlights: The Terminator, Aliens, The Waterdance
  • First Major Screen Credit: Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)

Biography

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University, where she majored in economics and communications, Gale Ann Hurd learned the ropes of filmmaking from the inimitable Roger Corman. From 1977 to 1982, Hurd was in charge of marketing and publicity for Corman's New World Pictures. In 1982, she set up her own production firm, Pacific Western Productions. Her most successful producing ventures include her collaborations with her former husband, writer/director James Cameron: Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1990). In the field of television, Hurd served as creative consultant on the series version of her theatrical feature Alien Nation, and won an Emmy for the 1991 TV-movie Cast a Deadly Spell. Outside of her hands-on filmmaking activities, Gale Ann Hurd has been active with the Hollywood Women's Political Committee, and has overseen several training programs and workshops for untried women directors. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Gale Anne Hurd

Gale Anne Hurd talking about Aliens in Sweden in September 1986.
Born October 25, 1955 (1955-10-25) (age 54)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Film producer
Spouse(s) James Cameron (1985–1989)
Brian de Palma (1991-1993)
Jonathan Hensleigh (1995-)
Children Lolita de Palma (born 1991)[1]
Parents Lolita Hurd (mother)

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is a Hollywood film producer and writer.

Hurd is the daughter of a Los Angeles businessman and grew up in Palm Springs, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became involved in production. She formed her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, in 1982 and went on to produce a number of box-office hits including The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), and The Abyss (1989). All were directed by James Cameron, to whom she was married from 1985 to 1989. She later married Brian De Palma.

In 2003, she was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology at Telluride, Colorado along with Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

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Partial filmography (producer)

Partial filmography (writer)

References

  1. ^ Holson, Laura M. (June 16, 2003). "The Terminator and the Hulk Help Build a Career". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0DF1538F935A25755C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. 

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