Gale Anne Hurd (b. 25 October 1955) was James Cameron's first wife (married 1985–1989). She was the daughter of a wealthy Los Angeles businessman and grew up in Palm Springs. Hurd formed her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, in 1982. She produced many box-office hits, including The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), and The Abyss (1989). All were directed by her then husband James Cameron. James Cameron from Ghosts of the Abyss James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian-born American film director noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often extremely successful financially. ... The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction-action film which became the break-through role for former body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... Aliens in the plural may refer to more than one of several types of aliens, such as extraterrestrial beings or those foreign to a place The Aliens was the name of Roky Ericksons backing band Aliens is a 1986 film starring Sigourney Weaver and the sequel to Alien Aliens... The Abyss is an award-winning science fiction film from 1989, written and directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. ...