Laurie MacDonald is a film producer. She is married to Walter F. Parkes and is a production executive of DreamWorks SKG. Her credits include:

• The Ring
• The Terminal
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Ring Two
• Just Like Heaven
• Sweeney Todd
• Men In Black
• The Kite Runner
• Gladiator (executive producer)

Ranked #22 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List with husband and producing partner Walter Parkes. They had ranked #33 in 2002.

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. Parkes denies this claim.