Walter F. Parkes

Production·Apr 15, 1951·Bakersfield, California, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Marty, Life Is Short2026 · Self	Self
Deep Cover2025 · Producer	Producer
Men in Black: International2019 · Producer	Producer
Spielberg2017 · Self	Self
The Circle2017 · Producer	Producer
Rings2017 · Producer	Producer
Keeping Up with the Joneses2016 · Producer	Producer
He Named Me Malala2015 · Producer	Producer
Men in Black 32012 · Producer	Producer
Flight2012 · Producer	Producer
Dinner for Schmucks2010 · Producer	Producer
The Uninvited2009 · Producer	Producer
The Burning Plain2008 · Producer	Producer
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2007 · Producer	Producer
The Lookout2007 · Producer	Producer
The Legend of Zorro2005 · Producer	Producer
Just Like Heaven2005 · Producer	Producer
The Island2005 · Producer	Producer
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'2005 · Self	Self
The Ring Two2005 · Producer	Producer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004 · Producer	Producer
The Terminal2004 · Producer	Producer
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003 · Self	Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera2003 · Self	Self
Catch Me If You Can2002 · Producer	Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy2002 · Self	Self
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy2002 · Self	Self
The Ring2002 · Producer	Producer
Men in Black II2002 · Producer	Producer
Minority Report2002 · Producer	Producer
The Time Machine2002 · Producer	Producer
Unmasking Zorro2001 · Self	Self
The Making of Men in Black1997 · Self	Self
The Peacemaker1997 · Producer	Producer
Men in Black1997 · Producer	Producer
Sneakers1992 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
Awakenings1990 · Producer	Producer
True Believer1989 · Producer	Producer
Project X1987 · Producer	Producer
Volunteers1985 · Producer	Producer
WarGames1983 · Writer	Writer
The California Reich1975 · Director	Director