Walter F. Parkes
Production
- Born
- April 15, 1951 (age 75) · 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.
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Known for
Gladiator
May 4, 2000
Catch Me If You Can
December 16, 2002
Men in Black
July 2, 1997
Men in Black 3
May 23, 2012
Men in Black II
July 3, 2002
Minority Report
June 20, 2002
The Terminal
June 17, 2004
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
June 29, 2001
The Ring
October 18, 2002
Flight
February 22, 2012
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
December 21, 2007
The Island
July 21, 2005
Behind the camera51
- 2025She Rides Shotgun Executive Producer
- 2025Deep Cover Producer
- 2024Gladiator II Executive Producer
- 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7 Executive Producer
- 2019Men in Black: International Producer
- 2018Free Solo Executive Producer
- 2017Tulip Fever Executive Producer
- 2017The Circle Producer
- 2017Rings Producer
- 2016Keeping Up with the Joneses