John Waters
Directing
Born: Apr 22, 1946
From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Richard - I Am Everything | Self | 2023 | 6.7 |
| The Book of Harth | Self | 2022 | 8.5 |
| The Velvet Underground | Self | 2021 | 6.787 |
| Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida | Self [archival] | 2021 | 7.0 |
| Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story | Self | 2015 | 5.8 |
| Jingle Bell Rocks! | Self | 2013 | — |
| Excision | William | 2012 | 6.246 |
| Mansome | Self | 2012 | 4.8 |
| Mangus! | Jesus Christ | 2011 | 1.0 |
| The Advocate for Fagdom | Self | 2011 | 5.3 |
| William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self | 2010 | 6.5 |
| It Came from Kuchar | Self | 2009 | 7.0 |
| The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels | Narrator | 2008 | 6.0 |
| Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press | Self | 2008 | 4.4 |
| Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On | 2006 | — | |
| Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006 | 6.8 |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self | 2006 | 6.309 |
| This Film Is Not Yet Rated | Self - Director of 'A … | 2006 | 7.078 |
| This Filthy World | Self | 2006 | 7.6 |
| Seed of Chucky | Pete Peters | 2004 | 5.515 |
| Thinking XXX | Self | 2004 | 5.49 |
| Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat | The Reverend | 2002 | 4.824 |
| Divine Trash | Self | 2000 | 7.243 |
| Sweet and Lowdown | Mr. Haynes | 1999 | 6.791 |
| Yesterday's Tomorrows | Self | 1999 | 8.5 |
| Homer and Eddie | Robber #1 | 1989 | 5.649 |
| Something Wild | Used Car Guy | 1986 | 6.619 |
| Pink Flamingos | Mr. J (narration) (uncredited) | 1976 | 6.145 |
| Love Letter to Edie | Self | 1975 | 6.471 |
| My Life with the Waters | Self | — | |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1946 |
| From | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |