Laurie MacDonald Biography

Fast Facts

• Ranked No․ 33 in Premiere magazine's 2002 annual Power 100 List with husband and producing partner Walter Parkes, also ranking No․ 22 in 2003
• Graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in English
• Modeled in Paris for a year in the 1970s before going on to work as a producer and presenter at a local news station in San Francisco and as a junior executive for Columbia Pictures in the 1980s
• Prior to joining DreamWorks Pictures, MacDonald oversaw production at Amblin Entertainment, a production company founded by director Steven Spielberg
• Best known as a writer and producer who worked on films like the "Men in Black" trilogy, "Gladiator," "Catch Me if You Can" and "The Ring․"
• MacDonald and husband are both production executives at DreamWorks Pictures, in addition to being producers