Production

Gale Anne Hurd

Born October 25, 1955 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 70)

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America. Her notable works include The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss(1989), Armageddon (1998), Mankiller (2017) (a documentary about Wilma Mankiller) and The Walkin…

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The Terminator

The Terminator · 1984

MovieActionThriller

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day · 1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

MovieActionThriller

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk · 2008

The Incredible Hulk

MovieScience FictionAction

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys · 2015

Terminator Genisys

MovieScience FictionAction

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

Aliens

MovieActionThriller

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

Hulk

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Terminator: Dark Fate

Terminator: Dark Fate · 2019

Terminator: Dark Fate

MovieScience FictionAction

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

The Punisher

The Punisher · 2004

MovieActionCrime

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

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The Terminator

The Terminator · 1984

MovieActionThriller

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Producer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day · 1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

MovieActionThriller

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

Executive Producer

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk · 2008

The Incredible Hulk

MovieScience FictionAction

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

Producer

Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys · 2015

Terminator Genisys

MovieScience FictionAction

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

Characters

Aliens

MovieActionThriller

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

Producer

Hulk

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Producer

Terminator: Dark Fate

Terminator: Dark Fate · 2019

Terminator: Dark Fate

MovieScience FictionAction

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

Characters

The Punisher

The Punisher · 2004

MovieActionCrime

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

Producer

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines · 2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

MovieActionThriller

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

Characters

Armageddon

Armageddon · 1998

MovieActionScience Fiction

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

Producer

The Abyss

The Abyss · 1989

MovieAdventureThriller

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

Producer

Tremors

Tremors · 1990

MovieComedyHorror

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

Executive Producer

Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak · 1997

MovieActionAdventure

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

Producer

Æon Flux

Æon Flux · 2005

MovieScience FictionAction

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

Producer

The Relic

The Relic · 1997

MovieHorrorMystery

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Producer

Punisher: War Zone

Punisher: War Zone · 2008

Punisher: War Zone

MovieActionCrime

Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.

Producer

The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness · 1996

The Ghost and the Darkness

MovieAdventureThriller

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Producer

No Escape

No Escape · 1994

MovieActionDrama

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.

Producer

Virus

MovieHorrorAction

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

Producer

Hell Fest

Hell Fest · 2018

MovieHorrorThriller

On Halloween night at a horror theme park, a costumed killer begins slaying innocent patrons who believe that it's all part of the festivities.

Producer

Alien Nation

Alien Nation · 1988

MovieScience FictionCrime

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.

Producer

Switchback

Switchback · 1997

MovieThrillerMystery

After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.

Producer

Battle Beyond the Stars

Battle Beyond the Stars · 1980

Battle Beyond the Stars

MovieScience FictionAction

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

Assistant Production Manager

Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers · 2002

MovieAdventureFamily

Until now, Zak Gibbs' greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.

Producer

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead · 2010

The Walking Dead

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Executive Producer

The Walking Dead: Dead City

The Walking Dead: Dead City · 2023

The Walking Dead: Dead City

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

Executive Producer

Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead · 2015

Fear the Walking Dead

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

Executive Producer

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · 2023

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

After washing ashore in France, Daryl struggles to piece together how he got there and why, as he navigates a fractured, walker-infested landscape to find his way home. During his journey, Daryl has to protect a young boy, Laurent, who is seen as a messiah, while facing new, dangerous walker variants and the "Power of the Living" paramilitary group, as the connections he forms along the way complicate his plan to return home.

Executive Producer

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles · 2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

Characters

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live · 2024

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they've ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive – or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?

Executive Producer

Talking Dead

Talking Dead · 2011

Host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew from the series.

Consulting Producer

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

The Walking Dead: World Beyond · 2020

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

Executive Producer

Lore

SeriesMysteryDrama

This anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's titular podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawn our darkest nightmares. Blending reenactments, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends – such as vampires, werewolves and body snatchers – are rooted in truth.

Executive Producer

Falling Water

Falling Water · 2016

SeriesDramaMystery

The story of three unrelated people, who slowly realize that they are dreaming separate parts of a single common dream.

Executive Producer

Tales of the Walking Dead

Tales of the Walking Dead · 2022

Tales of the Walking Dead

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

An episodic anthology series focused on both new and established characters set in the world of "The Walking Dead."

Executive Producer

Hunters

Hunters · 2016

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

The disappearance of a decorated FBI agent's wife leads him to a secret government unit assembled to hunt a group of ruthless terrorists - shadowy figures that may or may not be from this world.

Executive Producer

Adventure Inc.

Adventure Inc. · 2002

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

From his base in the Florida Keys, Judson Cross has assembled a team of young renegades, each with their own extraordinary skills and willing to risk it all for the love of adventure.

Producer