Anne Hurd Biography (1955-)

Born October 25, 1955, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Frank E. (an investor)and Lolita (maiden name, Espiau) Hurd; married James Cameron (a director), 1985 (divorced, 1989); married Brian De Palma (a director), July 21, 1991 (marriage ended); married Jonathon Hensleigh (a producer and writer); children: (second marriage) Lolita. Avocational interests: Scuba diving, Paso Fino horses. Career: Producer, screenwriter and production assistant. NewWorld Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, executive assistant, director of advertising and publicity, then producer, 1977-82; Pacific Western Productions, BeverlyHills, CA, founder and owner, 1982-; founder and owner, No Frills Productions; created Gale Anne Hurd production grants for American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. U.S. Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, juror, 1988, and Focus Student Film Awards, 1989; mentor, Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program, University of Southern California; mentor, Women in Film Mentor Program. Member: American Film Institute (board of trustees), Hollywood Women's Political Committee, Phi Beta Kappa, Academy of Motion PictureArts & Sciences (Nicholl Fellowships Committee, 1989-; Producer's Board Executive Committee), Show Coalition, IFP West (board of directors), Artists Rights Foundation (board of directors), Los Angeles International Film Festival (board of directors), Coral Reef Research Foundation, Americans for a SafeFuture (board of directors, 1993-), Women in Film (board of directors, 1989-90), Institute for Research on Women and Gender (national advisory panel, 1997-), Feminist Majority. Awards, Honors: Grand Prix, Avoriaz Film Festival, c. 1984, for The Terminator; Special Merit Award, National Association Theater Owners, 1986; Special Merit Award, National Association of Theater Owners, and Hugo Award, best dramatic presentation, World Science FictionSociety, 1987, both for Aliens; Saturn nomination, c. 1988, for Alien Nation; Stanford-LA Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Business School Alumni Los Angeles, 1990; Independent Spirit Award, best first feature, 1993, for The Waterdance(with Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg); Florida Film Festival Award, 1994. Addresses: Office: Pacific Western Productions, 270 North Canon Dr., Suite 1195, Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5323.

Nationality
American
Occupation
Producer, screenwriter
Birth Details
October 25, 1955
Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Production assistant, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Humanoids of the Deep, Monster, and Monsters), New World Pictures, 1980
  • Assistant production manager, Battle Beyond the Stars, New World Pictures, 1980
  • Producer (with Roger Corman), Smokey Bites the Dust, New World Pictures, 1981
  • Producer (with James Cameron and William Wisher, Jr.), The Terminator, Orion, 1984
  • Producer, Aliens, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
  • Producer (with Richard Kobritz), Alien Nation (also known as Future Tense and Outer Heat), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
  • Producer, Bad Dreams, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
  • Producer, The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
  • Executive producer, Tremors (also known as Beneath Perfection), Universal, 1990
  • Executive producer, Downtown, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
  • Executive producer, Terminator 2: Judgement Day (also known as T2), TriStar, 1991
  • Producer, The Waterdance, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
  • Producer, Raising Cain, Universal, 1992
  • Producer, No Escape (also known as Escape from Absolom), Savoy Pictures, 1994
  • Producer, Safe Passage, New Line Cinema, 1994
  • Producer, The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
  • Producer, The Relic, Paramount, 1996
  • Producer, Switchback (also known as Going West in America and Going West), Paramount, 1996
  • Producer, Dante's Peak, Universal, 1997
  • Producer, Dead Man on Campus, Paramount, 1998
  • Producer, Armageddon, Buena Vista, 1998
  • Producer, Virus, Universal, 1999
  • Producer, Dick, TriStar, 1999
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Creative consultant, Alien Nation, Fox, 1989-91
  • Movies
  • Producer, Cast a Deadly Spell, HBO, 1991
  • Executive producer, Witch Hunt, HBO, 1994
  • Executive producer, Sugartime, HBO, 1995
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • The New Hollywood, 1990
  • The Whole World is Watching, E! Entertainment Television, 1992
  • Masters of Fantasy: Stan Winston, Sci-Fi Channel, 1997
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • (With James Cameron and William Wisher, Jr.) The Terminator, Orion, 1984

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • American Film, June 1989, .
    • People, August 11, 1986, .
    • Time, July 28, 1986, .
    • Variety, June 22, 1998, p. 4.*