About
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...
Known for
GladiatorMovie • 2000
Catch Me If You CanMovie • 2002
Gladiator IIMovie • 2024
Men in BlackMovie • 1997
The IslandMovie • 2005
Men in Black IIMovie • 2002
Minority ReportMovie • 2002
Men in Black 3Movie • 2012
Men in Black: InternationalMovie • 2019
FlightMovie • 2012
The RingMovie • 2002
A.I. Artificial IntelligenceMovie • 2001
TwisterMovie • 1996
The TerminalMovie • 2004
Deep ImpactMovie • 1998
SneakersMovie • 1992
My Lady JaneSeries • 2024
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsMovie • 2004
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMovie • 2007
The Legend of ZorroMovie • 2005
Small SoldiersMovie • 1998
The Mask of ZorroMovie • 1998
AwakeningsMovie • 1990
Road to PerditionMovie • 2002