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...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
Growing Up with John Waters
1993
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
2013
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
365 Day Project
2007
Mansome
2012
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
2008
The Brandon Novak Story
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The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
Seed of Chucky
2004
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
2000
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
Divine Trash
2000
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
God Save the Queens
1995
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
2005
Homer and Eddie
1989
Hairspray
2007
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
2010
At the Video Store
2019
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
It's Dorothy!
2025
Hairspray
1988
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
Beautiful Darling
2010
Living with Chucky
2022