
Walter F. Parkes
Production
1951-04-15 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter F. Parkes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography

Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Movie

She Rides Shotgun
2025 · Movie

Deep Cover
2025 · Movie

Gladiator II
2024 · Movie

My Lady Jane
2024 · Series

The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Movie

Men in Black: International
2019 · Movie

Free Solo
2018 · Movie

Spielberg
2017 · Movie

Tulip Fever
2017 · Movie

The Circle
2017 · Movie

Rings
2017 · Movie

Keeping Up with the Joneses
2016 · Movie

He Named Me Malala
2015 · Movie

The Slap
2015 · Series

Men in Black 3
2012 · Movie

Flight
2012 · Movie

Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Movie

The Uninvited
2009 · Movie

The Burning Plain
2008 · Movie

WarGames: The Dead Code
2008 · Movie

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Movie

The Lookout
2007 · Movie

The Legend of Zorro
2005 · Movie

Just Like Heaven
2005 · Movie

The Island
2005 · Movie

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005 · Movie

The Ring Two
2005 · Movie

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · Movie

The Terminal
2004 · Movie

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie

Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003 · Movie

Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Movie

Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002 · Movie

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002 · Movie

The Ring
2002 · Movie

The Tuxedo
2002 · Movie

Road to Perdition
2002 · Movie

Men in Black II
2002 · Movie

Minority Report
2002 · Movie

The Time Machine
2002 · Movie

Unmasking Zorro
2001 · Movie

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Movie

Gladiator
2000 · Movie

The Mask of Zorro
1998 · Movie

Small Soldiers
1998 · Movie

Deep Impact
1998 · Movie

Amistad
1997 · Movie

The Making of Men in Black
1997 · Movie

The Peacemaker
1997 · Movie

Men in Black
1997 · Movie

Twister
1996 · Movie

How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Movie

Little Giants
1994 · Movie

Sneakers
1992 · Movie

Awakenings
1990 · Movie

True Believer
1989 · Movie

Project X
1987 · Movie

Volunteers
1985 · Movie

WarGames
1983 · Movie

The California Reich
1975 · Movie