Walter F. Parkes
Production
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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movieShe Rides Shotgun
2025
Executive Producer
movieDeep Cover
2025
Producer
movieGladiator II
2024
Executive Producer
tvMy Lady Jane
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
Executive Producer
movieFree Solo
2018
Executive Producer
movieTulip Fever
2017
Executive Producer
movieThe Circle
2017
Producer
movieRings
2017
Producer
movieHe Named Me Malala
2015
Producer
tvThe Slap
2015
Executive Producer
movieMen in Black 3
2012
Producer
movieFlight
2012
Producer
movieDinner for Schmucks
2010
Producer
movieThe Uninvited
2009
Producer
movieThe Burning Plain
2008
Producer
movieThe Lookout
2007
Producer
movieThe Legend of Zorro
2005
Producer
movieJust Like Heaven
2005
Producer
movieThe Island
2005
Producer
movieThe Ring Two
2005
Producer
movieThe Terminal
2004
Producer
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002
Producer
movieThe Ring
2002
Producer
movieThe Tuxedo
2002
Executive Producer
movieRoad to Perdition
2002
Executive Producer
movieMen in Black II
2002
Producer
movieMinority Report
2002
Producer
movieThe Time Machine
2002
Producer
movieA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Executive Producer
movieGladiator
2000
Executive Producer
movieThe Mask of Zorro
1998
Executive Producer
movieSmall Soldiers
1998
Executive Producer
movieDeep Impact
1998
Executive Producer
movieAmistad
1997
Executive Producer
movieThe Peacemaker
1997
Producer
movieMen in Black
1997
Producer
movieTwister
1996
Executive Producer
movieHow to Make an American Quilt
1995
Executive Producer
movieTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Executive Producer
movieLittle Giants
1994
Executive Producer
movieSneakers
1992
Producer
movieAwakenings
1990
Producer
movieTrue Believer
1989
Producer
movieProject X
1987
Producer
movieVolunteers
1985
Producer
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Writing4
tvThe Slap
2015
Writer
movieWarGames: The Dead Code
2008
Characters
movieSneakers
1992
Screenplay
movieWarGames
1983
Writer
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tvThe Slap
2015
Creator
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movieThe California Reich
1975
Director