Walter F. Parkes
Production
Born 1951-04-15
Bakersfield, California, USA
62 credits
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 1991 Best Picture Nominated Awakenings
- 1984 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated WarGames
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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
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Producing
50 credits
Gladiator
Gladiator II
Men in Black
Catch Me If You Can
Men in Black II
The Island
Deep Cover
Deep Impact
Minority Report
The Tuxedo
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Men in Black 3
Flight
Men in Black: International
The Terminal
The Ring
Twister
The Mask of Zorro
The Legend of Zorro
Road to Perdition
The Time Machine
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Ring Two
My Lady Jane
Awakenings
Small Soldiers
Sneakers
Just Like Heaven
The Peacemaker
Tulip Fever
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Circle
Keeping Up with the Joneses
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
The Slap
The Uninvited
She Rides Shotgun
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Rings
Dinner for Schmucks
Free Solo
Little Giants
The Lookout
The Burning Plain
How to Make an American Quilt
Project X
True Believer
Volunteers
He Named Me Malala
Amistad
Acting
9 credits
Marty, Life Is Short
WarGames: The Dead Code
Spielberg
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Unmasking Zorro
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
The Making of Men in Black
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Writing
3 credits
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