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A Conversation with Gale Anne Hurd
Season 8
Episode 6
Award-winning producer Gale Anne Hurd has spent decades navigating high-tension, high-stakes, and high-conflict situations – both on and off the page. In this episode, she takes audiences through her career, beginning as an assistant for the legendary Roger Corman to working with James Cameron to producing the sci-fi classics The Terminator, The Walking Dead, Aliens, and many others.
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