Donald Sparks

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89 titles

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
Tron: Ares (2025) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer		Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (62 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Bikeriders (2023) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$40MM	$9.7MM	$22MM	$36MM
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$250MM	$181MM	$454MM	$859MM
A Journal for Jordan (2021) First Assistant Director, Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director, Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$2.2MM	$6.5MM	$6.7MM
King Richard (2021) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$50MM	$5.4MM	$15MM	$40MM
The Little Things (2021) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$30MM	$4.7MM	$15MM	$31MM
Birds of Prey (2020) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Co-Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$84MM	$33MM	$84MM	$206MM
Guava Island (2019) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) First Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
The Equalizer 2 (2018) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$62MM	$36MM	$102MM	$190MM
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$150MM	$33MM	$92MM	$277MM
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks), Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$22MM	$62K	$12MM	$13MM
Arrival (2016) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$47MM	$24MM	$101MM	$213MM
Creed (2015) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$35MM	$30MM	$110MM	$174MM
Sicario (2015) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$30MM	$401K	$47MM	$85MM
The Gambler (2014) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$25MM	$9.1MM	$34MM	$39MM
Prisoners (2013) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$46MM	$21MM	$61MM	$122MM
Beautiful Creatures (2013) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$60MM	$7.6MM	$19MM	$60MM
Parental Guidance (2012) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$25MM	$15MM	$77MM	$120MM
Won't Back Down (2012) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$2.6MM	$5.3MM	$5.4MM
The Help (2011) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$25MM	$26MM	$170MM	$222MM
The Next Three Days (2010) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$30MM	$6.5MM	$21MM	$67MM
The Janky Promoters (2009) First Assistant Director, Associate Producer First Assistant Director, Associate Producer See fewer	$10MM	$6K	$9K	$9K
G-Force (2009) First Assistant Director (additional photography) First Assistant Director (additional photography) See fewer	$150MM	$32MM	$119MM	$293MM
Soul Men (2008) First Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$5.4MM	$12MM	$12MM
Management (2008) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$378K	$935K	$2.6MM
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$35MM	$16MM	$42MM	$44MM
Are We Done Yet? (2007) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$28MM	$14MM	$50MM	$58MM
Freedom Writers (2007) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$21MM	$9.4MM	$37MM	$43MM
Date Movie (2006) First Assistant Director (second unit) First Assistant Director (second unit) See fewer	$20MM	$19MM	$49MM	$86MM
Glory Road (2006) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$14MM	$43MM	$43MM
Rebound (2005) Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) Assistant Director, Associate Producer (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$33MM	$5MM	$17MM	$17MM
Are We There Yet? (2005) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$32MM	$19MM	$83MM	$98MM
First Daughter (2004) Assistant Director Assistant Director See fewer	$30MM	$4MM	$9.1MM	$11MM
Daddy Day Care (2003) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$60MM	$28MM	$104MM	$164MM
Willard (2003) First Assistant Director (Los Angeles) First Assistant Director (Los Angeles) See fewer	$20MM	$4MM	$6.9MM	$8.6MM
Friday After Next (2002) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	$10MM	$13MM	$33MM	$34MM
Serving Sara (2002) First Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) See fewer	$29MM	$5.8MM	$17MM	$20MM
Jeepers Creepers (2001) First Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) See fewer	$10MM	$13MM	$38MM	$59MM
The Brothers (2001) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$6MM	$10MM	$27MM	$28MM
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) Second Assistant Director (uncredited) Second Assistant Director (uncredited) See fewer	$90MM	$25MM	$102MM	$237MM
Next Friday (2000) Assistant Director Assistant Director See fewer	$11MM	$14MM	$57MM	$60MM
Seven Girlfriends (1999) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
The General's Daughter (1999) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$95MM	$22MM	$103MM	$150MM
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$20MM	$11MM	$38MM	$39MM
Doctor Dolittle (1998) Second Assistant Director (second unit) (uncredited) Second Assistant Director (second unit) (uncredited) See fewer	$72MM	$29MM	$144MM	$294MM
Meet the Deedles (1998) Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer	$24MM	$2MM	$4.4MM	$4.4MM
The Rage (1997) Second Assistant Director (action unit) (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (action unit) (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Set It Off (1996) Assistant Director Assistant Director See fewer	$9MM	$8.8MM	$36MM	$42MM
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) Assistant Director Assistant Director See fewer	$8MM	$9.3MM	$35MM	$36MM
The Immortals (1995) Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) Second Assistant Director (Los Angeles) (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (Los Angeles) (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$7MM	$44K	$530K	$530K
Major Payne (1995) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer		$7MM	$29MM	$30MM
Jason's Lyric (1994) Assistant Director Assistant Director See fewer	$7MM	$5.1MM	$21MM	$21MM
The Chase (1994) Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer		$3.4MM	$7.9MM	$7.9MM
Final Mission (1994) (Video) - Production Supervisor Production Supervisor See fewer
Philadelphia Experiment II (1993) Assistant Production Manager Assistant Production Manager See fewer	$5MM	$2K	$3K	$3K
Treacherous (1993) Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
Mission of Justice (1992) (Video) - Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) Production Assistant (visual effects unit) (as Donald L. Sparks) Production Assistant (visual effects unit) (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	$40MM	$11MM	$59MM	$59MM
The Giving (1992) First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer
House Party 2 (1991) Second Second Assistant Director Second Second Assistant Director See fewer	$5MM	$6MM	$19MM	$19MM
Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991) Key Set Production Assistant Key Set Production Assistant See fewer			$979K	$979K

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Past Television (25 titles)	Episodes
The Divide (2014) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer
Enlisted (2014) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (6 episodes, 2014) First Assistant Director (6 episodes, 2014) See fewer Alive Day (Jun 22, 2014) Season 1, Episode 13 - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6
Lie to Me (2009) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (2 episodes, 2009) First Assistant Director (2 episodes, 2009) See fewer Sacrifice (May 13, 2009) Season 1, Episode 13 - First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer The Better Half (Apr 22, 2009) Season 1, Episode 10 - First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	2
Over There (2005) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) See fewer Weapons of Mass Destruction (Oct 19, 2005) Season 1, Episode 12 - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	1
Everybody Hates Chris (2005) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) See fewer Everybody Hates the Pilot (Sep 22, 2005) Season 1, Episode 1 - First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer	1
E-Ring (2005) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2005) See fewer Pilot (Sep 21, 2005) Season 1, Episode 1 - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	1
Platinum (2003) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2003) First Assistant Director (1 episode, 2003) See fewer Flow (2003) Season 1, Episode 1 - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	1
The Law and Mr. Lee (2003) (TV Movie) - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer
An American Town (2001) (TV Movie) - First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Cora Unashamed (2000) (TV Movie) - First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) First Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Rescue 77 (1999) (TV Series) - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
The Tiger Woods Story (1998) (TV Movie) - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
Muppets Tonight (1997) (TV Series) - Stage Manager (3 episodes, 1997) Stage Manager (3 episodes, 1997) See fewer The Cameo Show (Dec 7, 1997) Season 2, Episode 8 - Stage Manager (as Don Sparks) Stage Manager (as Don Sparks) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
NewsRadio (1995–1997) (TV Series) - Second Assistant Director (6 episodes, 1995) Second Assistant Director (6 episodes, 1995) See fewer The Injury (Jun 4, 1997) Season 3, Episode 25 - Second Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Don Sparks) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	6
Ink (1996–1997) (TV Series) - Second Assistant Director (4 episodes, 1996) Second Assistant Director (4 episodes, 1996) See fewer Funny, You Don't Look One Hundred (Jan 20, 1997) Season 1, Episode 10 - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer See more See fewer Loading	4
The Last Best Place (1996) (TV Movie) - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
Nightjohn (1996) (TV Movie) - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) (TV Movie) - Second Assistant Director Second Assistant Director See fewer
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) (TV Movie) - Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) Second Assistant Director (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Robert Schimmel: Guilty as Charged (1994) (TV Special) - Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer
Comic Justice (1993– ) (TV Series) - Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer
Ring of the Musketeers (1992) (TV Movie) - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer
The Ben Stiller Show (1992) (TV Series) - First Assistant Director (1 episode, 1992) First Assistant Director (1 episode, 1992) See fewer With Colin Quinn (Nov 1, 1992) Season 1, Episode 5 - First Assistant Director First Assistant Director See fewer	1
Midnight's Child (1992) (TV Movie) - Set Production Assistant (as Donald L. Sparks) Set Production Assistant (as Donald L. Sparks) See fewer
Comics Only (1991–1992) (TV Series) - Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer

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Legendary AD (2016) Self Self See fewer

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