Gale Anne Hurd Biography (1955-)

Born October 25, 1955, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Frank E. (an investor)and Lolita (maiden name, Espiau; also known as Lolita Jordan) Hurd; marriedJames Cameron (a director, producer, and writer), 1985 (divorced, 1989); married Brian De Palma (a producer, director, and writer), July 21 (some sourcescite July 20), 1991 (divorced); married Jonathan Hensleigh (a producer and writer); children: (second marriage) Lolita. Addresses: Office: ValhallaMotion Pictures, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Producer, writer
Birth Details: October 25, 1955; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Executive Producer
Tremors (also known as Beneath Perfection), Universal, 1990
Downtown (also known as Downtowners), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (also known as T2 and T2--Terminator 2: Judgment Day), TriStar, 1991
Producer
(With Roger Corman), Smokey Bites the Dust, New World, 1981
(With James Cameron and William Wisher, Jr.), The Terminator, Orion, 1984
Aliens, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
(With Richard Kobritz), Alien Nation (also known as Future Tense and Outer Heat), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Bad Dreams, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
The Waterdance, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1991
Raising Cain, Universal, 1992
No Escape (also known as Escape from Absolom), Savoy Pictures, 1994
Safe Passage, New Line Cinema, 1994
The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
The Relic (also known as Das Relikt), Paramount, 1996
Switchback (also known as Going West and Going West in America), Paramount, 1996
Dante's Peak, Universal, 1997

Dead Man on Campus, Paramount, 1998
Armageddon, Buena Vista, 1998
Virus, MCA/Universal, 1999
Dick (also known as Dick, les coulisses de la presidence),Columbia/TriStar, 1999
Clockstoppers, Paramount, 2002
Other
Production assistant, Alligator, 1980
Production assistant, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Humanoids of the Deep, Monster, and Monsters), Concorde, 1980
Assistant production manager, Battle beyond the Stars, New World,1980
Executive consultant, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, 1995
Film Appearances
Herself, Virus: Ghost in the Machine, Universal Studios Home Video, 1999
Television Work
Movies
Production coordinator, The Georgia Peaches, 1980
Producer, Cast a Deadly Spell, HBO, 1991
Executive producer, Witch Hunt, HBO, 1994
Executive producer, Sugartime, HBO, 1995
Series
Creative consultant, Alien Nation, Fox, 1989-1991
Executive producer, Adventure Inc. (also known as The UltimateAdventure Company), 2002
Miniseries
Executive producer, The Black Whip, Fox, 1993
Television Appearances
Specials
The New Hollywood, NBC, 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

Books

Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volumes 7-26, Gale, 1992

Periodicals

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

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