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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 Minority Report ,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] Amblin Entertainment , where Parkes served as president.[4] The California Reich WarGames Awakenings [5]
Life and career [ edit ]
Parkes was born in Bakersfield, California . He attended Yale University, and graduated cum laude in 1973.[6] WarGames Lawrence Lasker and Walon Green, garnered a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination. Parkes and Lasker co-produced several films, including Sneakers Awakenings Best Picture Oscar nominee in 1990. Other films Parkes produced or on which he served as executive producer include, the Men in Black The Kite Runner Golden Globe -winning Sweeney Todd Dinner for Schmucks Gladiator Minority Report Catch Me If You Can The Ring The Terminal Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Road to Perdition A.I. Artificial Intelligence Deep Impact Twister The Legend of Zorro Amistad
In 1994, Parkes was named President of Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment and later that year, he and his wife and business partner Laurie MacDonald [7] DreamWorks SKG motion picture studio. As the studio's president, Parkes, in partnership with MacDonald, oversaw development and production of all DreamWorks' film projects, including three consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners: American Beauty Gladiator A Beautiful Mind Universal Studios . Other films produced during their tenure include: Cameron Crowe 's Almost Famous Robert Zemeckis ' What Lies Beneath Adam McKay 's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Michael Mann 's Collateral Saving Private Ryan
Parkes is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , The Writers Guild of America and the Global Business Network . He is on the board of directors for the Center for A New American Security (CNAS) .
Parkes and MacDonald live in Santa Monica, California , and have two children, Jane MacDonald and Graham Joseph.[7]
Parkes + MacDonald production company [ edit ]
Its origins go back to 1991 when Parkes and MacDonald founded their own production company Aerial Pictures, which was first set up at Columbia Pictures . In 1993, it was moved to 20th Century Fox .[8] Amblin Entertainment , and later to DreamWorks Pictures , so that Parkes could fill the seat left by the departure of Kathleen Kennedy .[9]
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] Men in Black film series[12]
Filmography [ edit ]
Producer
Volunteers
Project X
True Believer
Awakenings
Sneakers
Men in Black
The Peacemaker
The Time Machine
Minority Report
Men in Black II
The Ring
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Ring Two
The Island
Just Like Heaven
The Legend of Zorro
The Lookout
The Kite Runner
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Burning Plain
The Uninvited
Dinner for Schmucks
Men in Black 3
Flight
He Named Me Malala
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Rings
Men in Black: International
Gladiator II
Executive producer
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
How to Make an American Quilt
Twister
The Trigger Effect
Amistad
Deep Impact
Small Soldiers
The Mask of Zorro
Gladiator
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Road to Perdition
The Tuxedo
Tulip Fever
Free Solo
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Screenwriter
Sneakers
Television [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Duke, Paul F. (May 23, 2000). "D'Works reups film co-toppers" . Variety . Retrieved February 2, 2018 .
^ BRAXTON, GREG (January 27, 1994). " . Los Angeles Times . ISSN 0458-3035 . Retrieved February 2, 2018 .
^ "Parkes and MacDonald Renew DreamWorks Deal" . May 23, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2018 .
^ Kaplan, Fred (February 19, 2016). " . The New York Times . 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 .
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