About

Known credits:
65
Birthday:
1951-04-15
Place of birth:
Bakersfield, California, USA
Website:
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Walter F. Parkes

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2017 Spielberg Actor Self 65
Fair
2012 Partners in Time: The Making of 'MIB 3' Actor Self N/A
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2005 Strength and Honor: Production Pods Actor Self (Archival footage) N/A
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2005 Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' Actor Self 59
Average
2003 The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Actor Self N/A
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2003 Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera Actor Self 60
Fair
2002 Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Unmasking Zorro Actor Self 58
Average
1997 The Making of Men in Black Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
1975 The California Reich Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2008 WarGames: The Dead Code Writing Characters 56
Average
1992 Sneakers Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1983 WarGames Writing Screenplay 68
Fair

Production
2025 She Rides Shotgun Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2025 Deep Cover Production Producer 62
Fair
2024 Gladiator II Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2024 My Lady Jane Production Executive Producer 72
Good
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Production Executive Producer 74
Good
2019 Men in Black: International Production Producer 59
Average
2018 Free Solo Production Executive Producer 73
Good
2017 Tulip Fever Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
2017 The Circle Production Producer 55
Average
2017 Rings Production Producer 51
Average
2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses Production Producer 60
Fair
2015 He Named Me Malala Production Producer 60
Fair
2015 The Slap Production Executive Producer 66
Fair
2012 Flight Production Producer 67
Fair
2012 Men in Black 3 Production Producer 64
Fair
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Production Producer 57
Average
2009 The Uninvited Production Producer 63
Fair
2008 The Burning Plain Production Producer 62
Fair
2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Production Producer 70
Good
2007 The Lookout Production Producer 63
Fair
2005 The Legend of Zorro Production Producer 60
Fair
2005 Just Like Heaven Production Producer 68
Fair
2005 The Island Production Producer 66
Fair
2005 The Ring Two Production Producer 57
Average
2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Production Producer 67
Fair
2004 The Terminal Production Producer 72
Good
2002 Catch Me If You Can Production Producer 79
Good
2002 The Ring Production Producer 66
Fair
2002 The Tuxedo Production Executive Producer 57
Average
2002 Road to Perdition Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2002 Men in Black II Production Producer 63
Fair
2002 Minority Report Production Producer 72
Good
2002 The Time Machine Production Producer 62
Fair
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2000 Gladiator Production Executive Producer 81
Very good
1998 The Mask of Zorro Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
1998 Small Soldiers Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
1998 Deep Impact Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
1997 Amistad Production Executive Producer 66
Fair
1997 The Peacemaker Production Producer 59
Average
1997 Men in Black Production Producer 71
Good
1996 Twister Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
1994 Little Giants Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
1992 Sneakers Production Producer 65
Fair
1990 Awakenings Production Producer 74
Good
1989 True Believer Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Project X Production Producer 60
Fair
1985 Volunteers Production Producer 57
Average
The Good Spy Production Producer N/A
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Untitled Men in Black Film Production Producer N/A
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