Laurie MacDonald (born December 19, 1953) is an American
film producer. She is
married
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to
Walter F. Parkes. MacDonald and Parkes helped build the original
DreamWorks SKG, where Parkes served as the head of its motion picture division. After their time at DreamWorks, they founded their own production company, Parkes + MacDonald.
Filmography
Film
Producer
* ''
Men in Black
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'' (1997)
* ''
Men in Black II
''Men in Black II'' (stylized as ''MIIB'') is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in ass ...
'' (2002)
* ''
The Ring'' (2002)
* ''
The Terminal
''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. K ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004)
* ''
The Ring Two
''The Ring Two'' is a 2005 American supernatural horror film and sequel to the 2002 film '' The Ring'', which was a remake of the 1998 Japanese film '' Ring''. Hideo Nakata, director of the original ''Ring'', directed this film in place of G ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Just like Heaven'' (2005)
* ''
The Legend of Zorro'' (2005)
* ''
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007)
* ''
The Burning Plain'' (2008)
* ''
The Uninvited'' (2009)
* ''
Dinner for Schmucks'' (2010)
* ''
Men in Black 3
''Men in Black 3'' (stylized as ''MIB³'') is a 2012 American science fiction action comedy film based on the comic book series, in turn based on the conspiracy theory. It is the third installment in the ''Men in Black'' film series. Direct ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Flight
Flight or flying is the motion (physics), motion of an Physical object, object through an atmosphere, or through the vacuum of Outer space, space, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift ass ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Keeping Up with the Joneses'' (2016)
* ''
Rings'' (2017)
* ''
Men in Black: International'' (2019)
* ''The Good Spy'' (TBA)
Executive producer
* ''
How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995)
* ''
Twister
Twister most commonly refers to a tornado.
Twister or Twisters may also refer to:
Aviation
* Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike
* Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design
* Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paragli ...
'' (1996)
* ''
The Trigger Effect'' (1996)
* ''
The Peacemaker'' (1997)
* ''
Amistad'' (1997)
* ''
The Mask of Zorro'' (1998)
* ''
Gladiator
A gladiator ( , ) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their ...
'' (2000)
* ''
The Time Machine
''The Time Machine'' is an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularizati ...
'' (2002)
* ''
The Tuxedo'' (2002)
* ''
Catch Me If You Can
''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 American crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, and James Brolin in ...
'' (2002)
* ''
The Island'' (2005)
* ''
The Lookout'' (2007)
* ''
The Kite Runner'' (2007)
* ''
Tulip Fever'' (2017)
* ''
The Trial of the Chicago 7'' (2020)
* ''
Gladiator II
''Gladiator II'' is a 2024 historical drama, historical epic film directed and produced by Ridley Scott that is a sequel to Gladiator (2000 film), ''Gladiator'' (2000). Written by David Scarpa based on a story he wrote with Peter Craig, the fi ...
'' (2024)
Television
Executive producer
* ''
Birdland'' (1994)
* ''
Men in Black: The Series'' (1997–2001)
* ''
Crossbones'' (2014)
* ''
The Slap'' (2015)
* ''Warrior'' (2015) (TV pilot)
References
External links
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American film producers
Living people
1953 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
DreamWorks Pictures people
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