Walter F. Parkes

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-04-15 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Bakersfield, California, USA

Walter F. Parkes

Biography

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 fo...

Production

2002

Minority Report

as Producer

2002

The Ring

as Producer

2004

The Terminal

as Producer

1997

Men in Black

as Producer

2002

Men in Black II

as Producer

2002

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Executive Producer

2005

1992

Sneakers

as Screenplay

1996

Twister

as Executive Producer

1992

Sneakers

as Producer

2005

The Ring Two

as Producer

1983

WarGames

as Screenplay

2002

The Time Machine

as Producer

1990

Awakenings

as Producer

1998

Small Soldiers

as Executive Producer

1997

The Peacemaker

as Producer

2007

The Lookout

as Producer

1998

Deep Impact

as Executive Producer

1998

The Mask of Zorro

as Executive Producer

2005

Just Like Heaven

as Producer

2012

Men in Black 3

as Producer

2017

Rings

as Producer

1987

Project X

as Producer

2012

Flight

as Producer

2009

The Uninvited

as Producer

1989

True Believer

as Producer

2008

2015

2017

The Circle

as Producer

2002

Road to Perdition

as Executive Producer

2020

The Trial of the Chicago 7

as Executive Producer

2008

2000

Gladiator

as Executive Producer

1975

2025

Deep Cover

as Producer

1994

Little Giants

as Executive Producer

1995

How to Make an American Quilt

as Executive Producer

2024

Gladiator II

as Executive Producer

2002

The Tuxedo

as Executive Producer

2005

The Island

as Producer

2010

2018

Free Solo

as Executive Producer

2017

Tulip Fever

as Executive Producer

1997

Amistad

as Executive Producer

1985

Volunteers

as Producer

2025

She Rides Shotgun

as Executive Producer

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