- Known For
- Production
- Born
- April 15, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Bakersfield, California, USA
Walter F. Parkes
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 film…
Filmography
movieMarty, Life Is Short
2026 · Self
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
movieMen in Black: International
2019 · Producer
movieFree Solo
2018 · Executive Producer
movieSpielberg
2017 · Self
movieTulip Fever
2017 · Executive Producer
movieThe Circle
2017 · Producer
movieRings
2017 · Producer
movieKeeping Up with the Joneses
2016 · Producer
movieHe Named Me Malala
2015 · Producer
tvThe Slap
2015 · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
movieMen in Black 3
2012 · Producer
movieFlight
2012 · Producer
movieDinner for Schmucks
2010 · Producer
movieThe Uninvited
2009 · Producer
movieThe Burning Plain
2008 · Producer
movieWarGames: The Dead Code
2008 · Characters
movieSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Producer
movieThe Lookout
2007 · Producer
movieThe Legend of Zorro
2005 · Producer
movieJust Like Heaven
2005 · Producer
movieThe Island
2005 · Producer
movieStrength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005 · Self
movieThe Ring Two
2005 · Producer
movieLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · Producer
movieThe Terminal
2004 · Producer
movieThe Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Self
movieCatch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003 · Self
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002 · Producer
movieBarry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002 · Self
movieMen in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002 · Self
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
movieUnmasking Zorro
2001 · Self
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 Making of Men in Black
1997 · Self
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 · Screenplay, Producer
movieAwakenings
1990 · Producer
movieTrue Believer
1989 · Producer
movieProject X
1987 · Producer
movieVolunteers
1985 · Producer
movieWarGames
1983 · Writer
movieThe California Reich
1975 · Director