Walter F. Parkes
Known for: Production
Born: April 15, 1951
Place of birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter F. Parkes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
60 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.9
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
7.0
She Rides Shotgun
2025
6.7
Deep Cover
2025
6.6
Gladiator II
2024
7.5
My Lady Jane
2024
7.7
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020
5.9
Men in Black: International
2019
7.9
Free Solo
2018
7.5
Spielberg
2017
6.5
Tulip Fever
2017
5.5
The Circle
2017
5.0
Rings
2017
6.1
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2016
6.7
He Named Me Malala
2015
5.9
The Slap
2015
6.5
Men in Black 3
2012
6.9
Flight
2012
5.7
Dinner for Schmucks
2010
6.5
The Uninvited
2009
6.6
The Burning Plain
2008
5.0
WarGames: The Dead Code
2008
7.2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
6.6
The Lookout
2007
6.1
The Legend of Zorro
2005
7.0
Just Like Heaven
2005
6.7
The Island
2005
7.5
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
5.8
The Ring Two
2005
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
7.4
The Terminal
2004
7.5
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
7.9
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003
8.0
Catch Me If You Can
2002
6.5
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002
NR
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002
6.7
The Ring
2002
5.7
The Tuxedo
2002
7.4
Road to Perdition
2002
6.4
Men in Black II
2002
7.4
Minority Report
2002
6.3
The Time Machine
2002
6.0
Unmasking Zorro
2001
7.1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
8.2
Gladiator
2000
6.6
The Mask of Zorro
1998
6.6
Small Soldiers
1998
6.2
Deep Impact
1998
7.0
Amistad
1997
8.3
The Making of Men in Black
1997
6.1
The Peacemaker
1997
7.2
Men in Black
1997
6.6
Twister
1996
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
7.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
6.5
Little Giants
1994
6.9
Sneakers
1992
7.8
Awakenings
1990
6.2
True Believer
1989
6.3
Project X
1987
5.5
Volunteers
1985
7.1
WarGames
1983
6.6
The California Reich
1975