Walter F. Parkes
Walter F. Parkes | |
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Born | Walter Steven Fishman April 15, 1951 media executive |
Spouse | Laurie MacDonald |
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.[1][2]
Parkes and his wife and business partner, producer Laurie MacDonald, helped to build DreamWorks, with Parkes the head of its motion picture division,[3] and the two later moved to Amblin Entertainment, where Parkes served as president.[4] 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.[5] 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.
Life and career
Parkes was born in
In 1994, Parkes was named President of
Parkes is a member of the
Parkes and MacDonald live in Santa Monica, California, and have two children, Jane MacDonald and Graham Joseph.[7]
Parkes + MacDonald production company
Its origins go back to 1991 when Parkes and MacDonald founded their own production company Aerial Pictures, which was first set up at
In 2005, they revived the idea of having their own production company, which is called "Parkes + MacDonald Productions" (aka P+M), and set up at DreamWorks Pictures.[10]
In 2012, the duo struck a deal with Imagenation Abu Dhabi (now Image Nation) to form a joint venture organization.[11][12] Since then, P+M has collaborated on the productions of a number of films that Amblin and Image Nation have produced, including the Men in Black film series from the third film onwards.[12]
Filmography
Film
Producer
- The California Reich (1975) (Documentary film; also director and editor)
- Volunteers (1985)
- Project X (1987)
- True Believer (1989)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Sneakers (1992)
- Men in Black (1997)
- The Peacemaker (1997)
- The Time Machine (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- The Ring (2002)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- The Ring Two (2005)
- The Island (2005)
- Just Like Heaven (2005)
- The Legend of Zorro (2005)
- The Lookout (2007)
- The Kite Runner (2007)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- The Burning Plain (2008)
- The Uninvited (2009)
- Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Flight (2012)
- He Named Me Malala (2015) (Documentary film)
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
- Rings (2017)
- Men in Black: International (2019)
Executive producer
- Little Giants (1994)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
- Twister (1996)
- The Trigger Effect (1996)
- Amistad (1997)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Small Soldiers (1998)
- The Mask of Zorro (1998)
- Gladiator (2000)
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- The Tuxedo (2002)
- Tulip Fever (2017)
- Free Solo (2018) (Documentary)
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Screenwriter
Television
Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Eddie Dodd | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 episodes |
1994 | Birdland | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7 episodes |
1997-2001 | Men in Black: The Series | No | Yes | No | 53 episodes |
2014 | Crossbones | No | Yes | No | 8 episodes |
2015 | The Slap | Yes | Yes | Developer | Miniseries |
Warrior | No | Yes | No | TV movie |
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ Fink, Charlie. "Dreamscape's Big Dreams for Immersive VR". Forbes. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ Duke, Paul F. (May 23, 2000). "D'Works reups film co-toppers". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ "Parkes and MacDonald Renew DreamWorks Deal". May 23, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Walter F. Parkes (1951– )". FilmReference.com. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ Ayscough, Suzan (June 7, 1993). "Aerial alights at Fox, ends deal at Colpix". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ O'Sheen, Kathleen (November 9, 1993). "Aerial duo to Amblin". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ LaPorte, Nicole (May 17, 2005). "Dream team takes flight". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (April 25, 2012). "Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald Form New Joint Venture With Image Nation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Siegel, Tatiana (September 24, 2015). "Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald on New 'Malala' Doc, Feminist Barbie and a Revived 'Men in Black' (Sans Will Smith)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
External links
- Walter F. Parkes at IMDb