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Gale Anne Hurd

Biography

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America.

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 James Cameron films The Terminator (1984, the screenplay for which she co-wrote with Cameron, her sole screenwriting credit), Aliens (1986), and The Abyss (1989).

In 2010, the drama series she produced, The Walking Dead, began airing on AMC.

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Documentaries

Aliens Expanded

2024

as Self

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

2024

as Self - Produce (archive footage)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018

as Self

Birth of the Living Dead

2013

as Film producer

Corman's World

2011

as Self - Producer

These Amazing Shadows

2011

as Self

The Making of The Walking Dead

2010

as Self

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003

as Self

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

2001

as Self

Cinefile: Reel Women

1995

as Self

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

as Self

Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'

1993

as Self

Production

The YouTube Effect

2023

Producer

Hell Fest

2018

Producer

Mankiller

2017

Executive Producer

Horizon

2013

Executive Producer

Very Good Girls

2013

Executive Producer

Last Man Standing

2011

Executive Producer

The Wronged Man

2010

Executive Producer

The Pirate Code

2009

Executive Producer

Punisher: War Zone

2008

Producer

The Incredible Hulk

2008

Producer

Welcome to the Jungle

2007

Producer

Æon Flux

2005

Producer

The Punisher

2004

Producer

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003

Executive Producer

Hulk

2003

Producer

True Whispers

2002

Producer

Clockstoppers

2002

Producer

Dick

1999

Producer

Virus

1999

Producer

Dead Man on Campus

1998

Producer

Armageddon

1998

Producer

Switchback

1997

Producer

Dante's Peak

1997

Producer

The Relic

1997

Producer

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

Producer

Sugartime

1995

Executive Producer

Witch Hunt

1994

Producer

Safe Passage

1994

Producer

No Escape

1994

Producer

Raising Cain

1992

Producer

The Waterdance

1992

Producer

Cast a Deadly Spell

1991

Producer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Executive Producer

Tremors

1990

Executive Producer

Downtown

1990

Executive Producer

The Abyss

1989

Producer

Alien Nation

1988

Producer

Bad Dreams

1988

Producer

Aliens

1986

Producer

The Terminator

1984

Producer

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981

Co-Producer

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980

Assistant Production Manager

Alien Nation

Producer