Gale Anne Hurd Biography

Fast Facts

• Once served on the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Honored by the Women in Film organization with a Crystal Award in 1998
• Graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in economics and communication in 1977
• Once married to filmmakers James Cameron and Brian De Palma
• Quote: "I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction․ It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you're sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath․"
• Quote: "What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nature in its most depraved as well as its most humanitarian in each episode․ We strip each character down to their most basic survival instincts--or lack thereof․"
• Began working at New World Pictures during the earliest stage of her career, eventually rising up in the ranks through various administrative positions until making it to the production department
• Formed her own production company in 1982 named Pacific Western Productions that would go on to produce "The Terminator", "Aliens" and others
• An avid scuba diver, she once established scuba diving businesses in Micronesia
• Long before she executive produced "The Walking Dead," she was a fan of comic books and zombies, her interest in zombies heralding from "Night of the Living Dead․"