Walter F. Parkes
- a.k.a. Walter Parkes
- Walter Steven Fishman
- Walter Fishman
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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 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 films, including films that Amblin has released. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter F. Parkes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Walter F. Parkes (* 15. April 1951) ist ein US-amerikanischer Produzent, Drehbuchautor und Medienmanager. Er produzierte über 50 Filme, darunter die „Men in Black“-Reihe und „Minority Report“, und ist Mitbegründer und Co-Vorsitzender von Dreamscape Immersive. Parkes und seine Frau und Geschäftspartnerin, die Produzentin Laurie MacDonald, trugen maßgeblich zum Aufbau von DreamWorks bei. Parkes leitete dort die Filmsparte, und später wechselten die beiden zu Amblin Entertainment, wo Parkes als Präsident tätig war. Er wurde dreimal für den Oscar nominiert: erstmals als Regisseur und Produzent des Dokumentarfilms „The California Reich“ (1975), zweimal für das Drehbuch zu „WarGames“ und dreimal als Produzent von „Zeit des Erwachens“. Parkes und MacDonald gründeten 2010 die Produktionsfirma Parkes + Macdonald (P+M, P+M Image Nation) und arbeiteten an der Produktion einer Reihe von Filmen zusammen, darunter auch Filme, die von Amblin veröffentlicht wurden.
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- Date of Birth
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- Place of Birth
- Bakersfield, California, USA
Credits
Crew
| Department | Job | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | Executive Producer | The Tuxedo | 58% · 2,276 | ||
| Gladiator | 82% · 21,848 | ||||
| Producer | Men in Black: International | 59% · 5,598 | |||
| The Circle | 55% · 4,685 | ||||
| Keeping Up with the Joneses | 61% · 2,211 | ||||
| Men in Black 3 | 66% · 11,327 | ||||
| Dinner for Schmucks | 57% · 2,006 | ||||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 72% · 6,575 | ||||
| The Island | 67% · 6,170 | ||||
| The Terminal | 74% · 9,095 | ||||
| Catch Me If You Can | 80% · 17,862 | ||||
| Men in Black II | 64% · 11,060 | ||||
| The Peacemaker | 61% · 1,174 | ||||
| Men in Black | 72% · 15,423 |