Gale Anne Hurd

Background

Hurd, Gale Anne was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Frank E. and Lolita (Espiau) Hurd.

Education

Degree in economics and communications, Stanford University, 1977.

Career

Director marketing and publicity, co-producer, New World Pictures, Los Angeles, 1977-1982; president, producer, Pacific Western Prodns., Los Angeles, since 1982.

Achievements

• Gale Anne Hurd has been listed as a noteworthy Film producer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Juror Focus Student Film Awards, 1989, 90, Nicholl Fellowship Academy Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, since 1989. Member Show Coalition, since 1988. Member Hollywood (California) Women's Political Committee, since 1987.

Member United States Film FestivalJuror. Board directors French Institute of Petroleum /West, Artists Rights Foundation. Trustee American Film Institute.

Board directors Los Angeles International Film Festival, Coral Reef Research Foundation, Americans for a Safe Future. Mentor Peter Stark Motion Picture ProducingProgram, School of Cinema-television, University of Southern California, Women in Film Mentor Program. Member AMPAS (producer's branch Executive Committee since 1990), American Film Institute (trustee1989-), Americans for a Safe Future (board directors since 1993), Women in Film(board directors 1989-1990), Institute for Research on Women and Gender (national advisory panel since 1997), Feminist Majority, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: scuba diving, Paso Fino horses.

Connections

Father:

Frank E. Hurd

Mother:

Lolita (Espiau) Hurd