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Walter F. Parkes
Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn April 15, 1951 (75 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2025 | She Rides Shotgun · as Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | Gladiator II · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | My Lady Jane (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | Free Solo · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | The Slap (US) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Crossbones (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2002 | The Tuxedo · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition · as Executive Producer |
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| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Deep Impact · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Amistad · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Men in Black: The Series (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | The Trigger Effect · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Twister · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | Little Giants · as Executive Producer |
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