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Walter F. Parkes

Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 04/15/1951 (72) | Bakersfield (United States of America (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 fi... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Awards & Nominations for Walter F. Parkes

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Walter F. Parkes as Actor(5)

Movies with Walter F. Parkes as Crew(51)

Production/Producer2024 Untitled Gladiator Sequel
Production/Producer2023 The Good Spy
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7
Production/Producer2019 Men in Black: International
Production/Executive Producer2018 Free Solo
Production/Producer2017 Rings
Production/Producer2017 The Circle
Production/Executive Producer2017 Tulip Fever
Production/Producer2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses
Production/Producer2015 He Named Me Malala
Production/Producer2012 Flight
Production/Producer2012 Men in Black 3
Production/Producer2010 Dinner for Schmucks
Production/Producer2009 The Uninvited
Writing/Characters2008 WarGames: The Dead Code
Production/Producer2008 The Burning Plain
Production/Producer2007 The Lookout
Production/Producer2005 The Island
Production/Producer2005 The Ring Two
Production/Producer2005 Just Like Heaven
Production/Producer2005 The Legend of Zorro
Production/Producer2004 The Terminal
Production/Executive Producer2002 Road to Perdition
Production/Producer2002 The Time Machine
Production/Executive Producer2002 The Tuxedo
Production/Producer2002 Minority Report
Production/Producer2002 The Ring
Production/Producer2002 Catch Me If You Can
Production/Producer2002 Men in Black II
Production/Executive Producer2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Production/Executive Producer2000 Gladiator
Production/Executive Producer1998 The Mask of Zorro
Production/Executive Producer1998 Small Soldiers
Production/Executive Producer1998 Deep Impact
Production/Producer1997 Men in Black
Production/Producer1997 The Peacemaker
Production/Executive Producer1997 Amistad
Production/Executive Producer1996 Twister
Production/Executive Producer1995 How to Make an American Quilt
Production/Executive Producer1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Production/Executive Producer1994 Little Giants
Production/Producer1992 Sneakers
Writing/Screenplay1992 Sneakers
Production/Producer1990 Awakenings
Production/Producer1989 True Believer
Production/Producer1987 Project X
Production/Producer1985 Volunteers
Writing/Screenplay1983 WarGames
Directing/Director1975 The California Reich

TV Shows/Series with Walter F. Parkes as Crew(4)

Production/Executive Producer2024 My Lady Jane
Writing/Writer2015 The Slap
Creator/Creator2015 The Slap
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Slap

Full Name: Walter Parkes
Born: Sunday, 04/15 1951 (April) in Bakersfield (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 72 years + 349 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Yale University, Stanford University
Spouses (current/former): Laurie MacDonald
Other names for Walter F. Parkes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Уолтер Ф. Паркс"
"Walter Parkes"
Walter F. Parkes frequently works together with these people:
Laurie MacDonald (38x, Crew)
Steven Spielberg (21x, Crew)
Barry Sonnenfeld (10x, Crew)
Janusz Kamiński (9x, Crew)
Michael Kahn (9x, Crew)
Tom Hanks (8x, Actor)
Lawrence Lasker (8x, Crew)
Gary Burritt (8x, Crew)
Keith Campbell (8x, Crew)
John Williams (7x, Crew)
Debra Zane (7x, Crew)
Jon Robin Baitz (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:486187, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024