Walter F. Parkes

Production · Born 1951-04-15 in Bakersfield, California, USA

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 for co-writing the original screenplay for WarGames; and his third as a producer of Awakenings. Parkes and MacDonald created the Parkes + Macdonald…

Filmography

• The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
• Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera as Self
• Spielberg as Self
• Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy as Self
• The Making of Men in Black as Self
• Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
• Unmasking Zorro as Self