Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 22, 1946
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits
212 titles
John Waters
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Self
Return to Mortville
Self
Kevin
Armando (voice)
Gays Against Guns
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
Stage Manager
Room Temperature
Thanks
TURA!
Self
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
Self
It's Dorothy!
Self
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Writer and Film Director
Marisa y Gomoso
Thanks
As Time Goes By
Doc of Chucky
Self
Scala!!!
Self
Lynch/Oz
Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Self
Digman!
Magnus (voice)
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
Self (Archival)
Fragments of Paradise
Self
Living with Chucky
Self
The Book of Harth
Self
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
Tell Me Iggy
Self
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Self
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Self [archival]
The Velvet Underground
Self
Chucky
Wendell Wilkins
Pride
Self
My Life with the Waters
Self
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
Himself
Helluva Boss
Rolando (voice)
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Host
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Host
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self - Host
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Host
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Self
At the Video Store
Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Self
Permanent Green Light
Thanks
Mugworth
Sir Butler
Liverspots and Astronots
O-Dor
Female Trouble: On-Set Footage
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Sickies Making Films
Self
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Self
FEUD
William Castle