Gale Anne Hurd is one of the most respected producers in the entertainment industry. She has produced more than two dozen feature films which have generated billions of dollars in revenue, and earned multiple Oscar nominations and numerous awards. As the chairman of her own production entity, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Hurd’s most recent feature credits include the blockbuster The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Studios and Universal Pictures and Punisher: War Zone for Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Her other film credits include Armageddon, the Terminator franchise, Aliens, The Punisher, The Hulk, The Abyss, Alien Nation, Tremors, the Spirit Award- and Sundance Audience Award-winning indie The Waterdance, The Ghost and the Darkness, Dante’s Peak, The Relic and Dick.
Hurd is also producing the upcoming feature film The Boston Stranglers, directed by Brian De Palma for Overture Films, and recently served as executive producer of the Lifetime Movie Network's The Wronged Man, for Sony Pictures Television. Her other TV films include the Emmy-nominated Sugartime, Cast a Deadly Spell, and Witch Hunt.
Hurd is well known for her service to the entertainment community and her charitable work. She serves as a National Board member of the Producers Guild of America, as well as chairs its Produced By Conference. For the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hurd chairs the Film Festival Grants Committee and serves on the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and Finance Committees. She is one of a handful of recipients of the Producers Guild’s Charles FitzSimons Award for outstanding service to the Guild.
