Walter F. Parkes
Born: 1951-04-15 in Bakersfield, California, USA
Known For: Production
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.
Filmography
2025
- She Rides Shotgun ... (Executive Producer)
- Deep Cover ... (Producer)
2024
- Gladiator II ... (Executive Producer)
- My Lady Jane ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Men in Black: International ... (Producer)
2018
- Free Solo ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Rings ... (Producer)
- Spielberg as Self
- Tulip Fever ... (Executive Producer)
- The Circle ... (Producer)
2016
- Keeping Up with the Joneses ... (Producer)
2015
- The Slap ... (Writer)
- He Named Me Malala ... (Producer)
2012
- Men in Black 3 ... (Producer)
- Flight ... (Producer)
2010
- Dinner for Schmucks ... (Producer)
2009
- The Uninvited ... (Producer)
2008
- The Burning Plain ... (Producer)
- WarGames: The Dead Code ... (Characters)
2007
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ... (Producer)
- The Lookout ... (Producer)
2005
- The Island ... (Producer)
- The Legend of Zorro ... (Producer)
- Just Like Heaven ... (Producer)
- The Ring Two ... (Producer)
- Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
2004
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ... (Producer)
- The Terminal ... (Producer)
2003
- Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera as Self
- The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
2002
- Catch Me If You Can ... (Producer)
- Men in Black II ... (Producer)
- Minority Report ... (Producer)
- The Tuxedo ... (Executive Producer)
- The Ring ... (Producer)
- The Time Machine ... (Producer)
- Road to Perdition ... (Executive Producer)
- Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy as Self
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence ... (Executive Producer)
- Unmasking Zorro as Self
2000
- Gladiator ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- The Mask of Zorro ... (Executive Producer)
- Deep Impact ... (Executive Producer)
- Small Soldiers ... (Executive Producer)
1997
- Men in Black ... (Producer)
- The Peacemaker ... (Producer)
- The Making of Men in Black as Self
- Amistad ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Twister ... (Executive Producer)
1995
- How to Make an American Quilt ... (Executive Producer)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- Little Giants ... (Executive Producer)
1992
- Sneakers ... (Screenplay)
1990
- Awakenings ... (Producer)
1989
- True Believer ... (Producer)
1987
- Project X ... (Producer)
1985
- Volunteers ... (Producer)
1983
- WarGames ... (Screenplay)
1975
- The California Reich ... (Director)