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Walter F. Parkes
Actor · Director · Writer· Bakersfield, California, USA
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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Filmography
53 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marty, Life Is Short | Self | Film |
| 2025 | She Rides Shotgun | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2024 | Gladiator II | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2024 | My Lady Jane | Executive Producer | TV |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | Producer | Film |
| 2018 | Free Solo | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2017 | Rings | Producer | Film |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2017 | The Circle | Producer | Film |
| 2016 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Producer | Film |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Producer | Film |
| 2012 | Flight | Producer | Film |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Producer | Film |
| 2009 | The Uninvited | Producer | Film |
| 2008 | The Burning Plain | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' | Self | Film |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | The Island | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | Producer | Film |
| 2004 | The Terminal | Producer | Film |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Producer | Film |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Producer | Film |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2002 | The Ring | Producer | Film |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Producer | Film |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Producer | Film |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Producer | Film |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1997 | The Peacemaker | Producer | Film |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Producer | Film |
| 1997 | Amistad | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1996 | Twister | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1994 | Little Giants | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Producer | Film |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Producer | Film |
| 1989 | True Believer | Producer | Film |
| 1987 | Project X | Producer | Film |
| 1985 | Volunteers | Producer | Film |
| 1983 | WarGames | Writer | Film |
| 1975 | The California Reich | Director | Film |
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