Walter F. Parkes
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- April 15, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Bakersfield, California, USA
Biography
Walter F. Parkes (born April 15, 1951) is an American producer, screenwriter, and media executive. The producer of more than 50 films, including the Men in Black series and Minority Report, he is the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive. Parkes and his wife and business partner, producer Laurie MacDonald, helped to build DreamWorks, with Parkes the head of its motion picture division, and the two later moved to Amblin Entertainment, where Parkes served as president. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, receiving his first nomination as the director/ producer of the 1975 documentary The California Reich; his second for co-writing the original screenplay for WarGames; and his third as a producer of Awakenings. Parkes and MacDonald created the Parkes + Macdonald production company (P+M, P+M Image Nation) in 2010, collaborating on the productions of a number of films, including films that Amblin has released. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter F. Parkes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Deep Cover
Movie · Producer
She Rides Shotgun
Movie · Executive Producer
Gladiator II
Movie · Executive Producer
My Lady Jane
TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Movie · Executive Producer
Men in Black: International
Movie · Producer
Free Solo
Movie · Executive Producer
Rings
Movie · Producer
The Circle
Movie · Producer
Tulip Fever
Movie · Executive Producer
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Movie · Producer
He Named Me Malala
Movie · Producer
The Slap
TV · Executive Producer · 8 eps
Men in Black 3
Movie · Producer
Flight
Movie · Producer
Dinner for Schmucks
Movie · Producer
The Uninvited
Movie · Producer
The Burning Plain
Movie · Producer
The Lookout
Movie · Producer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie · Producer
The Legend of Zorro
Movie · Producer
The Ring Two
Movie · Producer
Just Like Heaven
Movie · Producer
The Island
Movie · Producer
The Terminal
Movie · Producer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Movie · Producer
Minority Report
Movie · Producer
The Ring
Movie · Producer
Men in Black II
Movie · Producer
Catch Me If You Can
Movie · Producer
The Time Machine
Movie · Producer
Road to Perdition
Movie · Executive Producer
The Tuxedo
Movie · Executive Producer
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Movie · Executive Producer
Gladiator
Movie · Executive Producer
Small Soldiers
Movie · Executive Producer
Deep Impact
Movie · Executive Producer
The Mask of Zorro
Movie · Executive Producer
Men in Black
Movie · Producer
The Peacemaker
Movie · Producer
Amistad
Movie · Executive Producer
Twister
Movie · Executive Producer
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie · Executive Producer
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie · Executive Producer
Little Giants
Movie · Executive Producer
Sneakers
Movie · Producer
Awakenings
Movie · Producer
True Believer
Movie · Producer
Project X
Movie · Producer
Volunteers
Movie · Producer