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- 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.
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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]
Born Walter Parkes, c. 1952, in Bakersfield, CA; married Laurie MacDonald, 1983; children: two. Education: Parkes graduated from Yale University, studied documentary film at Stanford. Addresses:
He met Laurie MacDonald in 1982 and the next year, wrote the script for the film WarGames (1983) with Lawrence Lasker, of which received a Best Screenplay... Menu Movies
- April 15, 1951
Laurie MacDonald (born December 19, 1953) is an American film producer. She is married to Walter F. Parkes . MacDonald and Parkes helped build the original DreamWorks SKG, where Parkes served as the head of its motion picture division.
In 1991, both Lasker and Parkes part ways, in order that Parkes to partner with MacDonald, who left Columbia in the establishment of a production company Aerial Pictures. Aerial had a two year deal at Columbia Pictures, and it was briefly transferred to 20th Century Fox in 1993.
- January 1, 1
- Bakersfield, California, USA
Laurie and her husband Walter Parkes are production executives at DreamWorks Pictures, in addition to being producers. They wield so much power, a rival executive once told a reporter that if you wanted your film produced at DreamWorks, offer to add Walter and Laurie as producers.
Laurie MacDonald and Walter Parkes. Movie producers. Born Laurie MacDonald, c. 1954, in Watsonville, CA; married Walter Parkes, 1983. Born Walter Parkes, c. 1952, in Bakersfield, CA; married Laurie MacDonald, 1983; children: two. Education: Parkes graduated from Yale University, studied documentary film at Stanford. Addresses:
