Valhalla Entertainment

Gale Anne Hurd, known as the First Lady of Sci-Fi, is a producer of Academy Award-winning films and Emmy-winning programs that shatter box office and ratings records. Climbing the ladder from Roger Cormans executive assistant at New World Pictures to head of marketing for the company, Hurds producing career launched when she produced and co-wrote T... he Terminator in 1984. Recognized by the Library of Congress, which features The Terminator in its esteemed National Film Registry, the film received worldwide critical and commercial acclaim. The Terminator has since spawned four film sequels as well as a television series. This success was quickly followed by Aliens, which received seven nominations and two Academy Awards, and the Oscar winning films The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and The Ghost and the Darkness. In their years of release, Terminator 2 (1991) and Armageddon (1998) were the worlds top grossing films. Hurds additional feature credits include The Incredible Hulk, Tremors, Dantes Peak, on Flux, The Punisher, Dick, The Hulk and The Waterdance, which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and Best Screenplay, as well as the Audience and Screenplay Awards at the Sundance Film Festival. Hurd led Valhallas first foray into serial television by developing and producing AMCs hit drama, The Walking Dead, which is the first series in history to reign as the most watched television drama in the 18 49 year old demographic for six consecutive years. The Walking Dead has earned many awards and nominations, including Emmys for Prosthetic Makeup, Best Sound Editing from the MPSE, forty Saturn Awards, including Best Cable Series and Best Presentation on Television, two American Film Institute TV Program of the Year awards, two Eddie Award nominations from the American Cinema Editors, Critics Choice Award for Most Bingeworthy Show and Best Guest Performer, an MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain, five Peoples Choice Award wins and the WGAs New Media Writing Award. The Walking Dead is currently ...Read More