Gale Anne Hurd | |
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 Hurd at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International | |
| Born | October 25, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (B.A., 1977) |
| Occupation | Film producer, television producer |
| Years active | 1979-present |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 1 |
Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film producer. She is currently the recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America.[1] She is also the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions).[2]
Early life[]
Hurd with her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, 2012
Hurd was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Lolita (née Espiau) and Frank E. Hurd, an investor.[3] Her father was Jewish and her mother was Roman Catholic.[4] She grew up in Palm Springs, California and graduated from Stanford University with a BA in economics and communications, and a minor in political science, in 1977.[citation needed]
Film career[]
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.[5] 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),[6] Aliens (1986), and The Abyss (1989).[7]
Hurd with the cast of The Walking Dead in October 2012
In 1998, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.[8]
In 2003, she was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology at Telluride, Colorado, along with Sir Arthur C. Clarke.[9]
In 2010, the drama series she produced, The Walking Dead, began airing on AMC.[10]
Hurd became a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011.
On October 3, 2012, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[11]
In 2013, Hurd was awarded the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Athena Film Festival, at Barnard College in New York City. The award honors her as a woman in the film industry whose leadership demonstrates vision and courage and sets a standard for other women to emulate.[12]
Hurd has been awarded the Fangoria Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017, for her body of work in the horror and science fiction genres.[13]
Personal life[]
Hurd was married to James Cameron from 1985 to 1989;[14] to director Brian De Palma from 1991 to 1993, with whom she had one daughter, Lolita de Palma, in 1991;[15][16] and to screenwriter/director Jonathan Hensleigh since 1995.[citation needed]
Hurd is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.[17]
Filmography[]
Producer[]
The producing team behind Aliens, James Cameron and Hurd
- The Terminator (1984)
- Aliens (1986)
- Alien Nation (1988)
- Bad Dreams (1988)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Downtown (1990)
- Tremors (1990)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- The Waterdance (1992)
- Raising Cain (1992)
- Safe Passage (1994)
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
- The Relic (1997)
- Dante's Peak (1997)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Virus (1999)
- Dick (1999)
- Adventure Inc. (2002) (Syndicated TV series)
- Clockstoppers (2002)
- Hulk (2003)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- The Punisher (2004)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- The Walking Dead (2010)
- Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
- Hunters (2016)
- Falling Water (2016)
- Mankiller (2017)
- Lore (2017)
- Hellfest (2018)
Writer[]
- The Terminator (1984)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (characters)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) (characters)
- Terminator Salvation (2009) (characters)
- Terminator Genisys (2015) (characters)
References[]
- ↑ "Officers, Board Members and Staff".
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd". Valhalla Entertainment. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd Biography (1955–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd Biography". BookRags.com. November 2, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Harris, Janelle (August 14, 2013). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, GALE ANNE HURD, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE WALKING DEAD?". Mediabistro. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Dispatches From the Set – Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd". AMC. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "TV: First 'The Walking Dead' Webisode Takes Us to Zombie School". BloodyDisgusting.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd Biography". Madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Women in Horror Month: Gale Anne Hurd, the Harbinger of Mainstream Horror". Fangoria. February 18, 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Executive Producer". AMC.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Producing the unseen". Variety. October 3, 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "The 2013 Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award". athenafilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". FANGORIA®. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Holson, Laura M. (June 16, 2003). "The Terminator and the Hulk Help Build a Career". New York Times.
{{cite web}}: ; publisher - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd Biography". Madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Holson, Laura M. (June 16, 2003). "The Terminator and the Hulk Help Build a Career". New York Times.
{{cite web}}: ; publisher - ↑ "Gale Anne Hurd". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012.
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