 In 1981 Derek Gibson joined the company as executive vice president and head of production.Daly and Gibson were then credited together as executive producers on all Hemdale films.Among Hemdale's best known films are "The Terminator", "The Return of the Living Dead", "Hoosiers", "Salvador", "River's Edge", "Platoon", and "The Last Emperor"; the latter two were back-to-back recipients of the Academy Award for Best Picture.