Walter F. Parkes
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.
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Acting (7 movies)
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| WarGames | 1983 | Screenplay |
| Volunteers | 1985 | Producer |
| Project X | 1987 | Producer |
| True Believer | 1989 | Producer |
| Awakenings | 1990 | Producer |
| Sneakers | 1992 | Screenplay |
| Sneakers | 1992 | Producer |
| Little Giants | 1994 | Executive Producer |
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| How to Make an American Quilt | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| Twister | 1996 | Executive Producer |
| Men in Black | 1997 | Producer |
| The Peacemaker | 1997 | Producer |
| Amistad | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| Deep Impact | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Small Soldiers | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| The Mask of Zorro | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Gladiator | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| The Time Machine | 2002 | Producer |
| Minority Report | 2002 | Producer |
| Men in Black II | 2002 | Producer |
| Road to Perdition | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| The Tuxedo | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| The Ring | 2002 | Producer |
| Catch Me If You Can | 2002 | Producer |
| The Terminal | 2004 | Producer |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2004 | Producer |
| The Ring Two | 2005 | Producer |
| The Island | 2005 | Producer |
| Just Like Heaven | 2005 | Producer |
| The Legend of Zorro | 2005 | Producer |
| The Lookout | 2007 | Producer |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Producer |
| The Burning Plain | 2008 | Producer |
| The Uninvited | 2009 | Producer |
| Dinner for Schmucks | 2010 | Producer |
| Flight | 2012 | Producer |
| Men in Black 3 | 2012 | Producer |
| He Named Me Malala | 2015 | Producer |
| Keeping Up with the Joneses | 2016 | Producer |
| Rings | 2017 | Producer |
| The Circle | 2017 | Producer |
| Tulip Fever | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Free Solo | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Men in Black: International | 2019 | Producer |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Gladiator II | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Deep Cover | 2025 | Producer |
| She Rides Shotgun | 2025 | Executive Producer |