John Waters

John Waters

John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. Other films he has written and directed include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism. As an actor, Waters has appeared in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), 'Til Death Do Us Part (2007), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012), Suburban Gothic (2014), and has appeared in the Child's Play franchise with Seed of Chucky (2004) and third season of the television series Chucky (2024). He hosted and produced the television series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You (2006). Throughout his career, Waters has often collaborated with actor and drag queen Divine and his regular cast of the Dreamlanders. More recently, he performs in his touring one-man show This Filthy World. Waters also works as a visual artist and across different media, such as installations, photography, and sculpture. The audiobooks he narrated for his books Carsick and Mr. Know-It-All were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2015 and 2020, respectively. In 2018, Waters was named an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Waters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Directing
    Place of birth
    Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Birthday
    4/22/1946
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
0
Seed of Chucky
Seed of Chucky
5.5
Something Wild
Something Wild
6.5
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
6.8
Thinking XXX
Thinking XXX
5.5
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
7
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
7.1
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
6.8
Weiner
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7.3
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The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
6
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
4.9
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Little Richard: I Am Everything
6.9
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
6.3
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
7.5
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
7.1
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Jingle Bell Rocks!
0
It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar
7
Homer and Eddie
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5.6
This Filthy World
This Filthy World
7.8
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.6
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Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
6.8
Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos
6.2
The Book of Harth
The Book of Harth
8.5
Divine Trash
Divine Trash
7.3
Mangus!
Mangus!
1
Excision
Excision
6.2
Obscene
Obscene
5
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Yesterday's Tomorrows
0
Mansome
Mansome
4.9
The Advocate for Fagdom
The Advocate for Fagdom
5.3
Love Letter to Edie
Love Letter to Edie
6.4
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
5
In Bad Taste
In Bad Taste
8
Lynch/Oz
Lynch/Oz
7.1
A History of Sex
A History of Sex
5.5
That Man: Peter Berlin
That Man: Peter Berlin
6.7
I Am Divine
I Am Divine
7.4
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob
5
Tell Me Iggy
Tell Me Iggy
8
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
5.8
Beautiful Darling
Beautiful Darling
5.8
God Save the Queens
God Save the Queens
0
No Smoking in This Theater
No Smoking in This Theater
7.8
Living with Chucky
Living with Chucky
6.7
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
0
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
6.2
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
6
Suburban Gothic
Suburban Gothic
5.5
These Amazing Shadows
These Amazing Shadows
7.4
Fragments of Paradise
Fragments of Paradise
6.7
The Junior Defenders
The Junior Defenders
3
Scala!!!
Scala!!!
8.3
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
6.4
At the Video Store
At the Video Store
10
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
7.4
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
6
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
10
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0
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
5.7
Tab Hunter Confidential
Tab Hunter Confidential
7.4
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Each Time I Kill
5
Wall Writers
Wall Writers
6
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
0
Blank City
Blank City
7
Hairspray
Hairspray
6.7
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
0
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
7.5
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
0
TURA!
TURA!
0
Mansfield 66/67
Mansfield 66/67
4.6
Jackass Number Two
Jackass Number Two
6.6
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
2
Welcome to Hollywood
Welcome to Hollywood
3.8
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6
Edith's Shopping Bag
Edith's Shopping Bag
6
Abby Singer
Abby Singer
4.5
Growing Up with John Waters
Growing Up with John Waters
0
Way USA!
Way USA!
0
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
0
Gastronomic Getaway
Gastronomic Getaway
8
I, of the Cyclops
I, of the Cyclops
0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
6
Memories of Oz
Memories of Oz
6.8
Sickies Making Films
Sickies Making Films
0
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
6.4
Inside Deep Throat
Inside Deep Throat
6.4
It Came from... Baltimore!!
It Came from... Baltimore!!
7.2
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
7.8
Forever Hollywood
Forever Hollywood
8
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
6.8
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
0
Mugworth
Mugworth
0
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
4.5
Coven of the Heathenites
Coven of the Heathenites
0
There's a Hippo in my House
There's a Hippo in my House
0
Serial Mom
Serial Mom
6.7
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
0
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
0
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
5.2
The Cockettes
The Cockettes
6.7
Anthem
Anthem
5
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5.7
Pecker
Pecker
6.1
Cecil B. Demented
Cecil B. Demented
6.3
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
6.4
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
6
Hairspray
Hairspray
6.8
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
6.4
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
5.7
Mondo Trasho
Mondo Trasho
5.1
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
7.2
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
6.8
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
0
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
0
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
0
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
5
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
0
Anarchy TV
Anarchy TV
5.3
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
0
Doc of Chucky
Doc of Chucky
0
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
0
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