Gale Anne Hurd
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Gale Anne Hurd was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, 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, whom she later
married and divorced. She also later married and divorced
Brian De Palma. She is currently the
recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America.
