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John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, director, writer, actor and artist. Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). He wrote and directed the 1988 film Hairspray which became an international success and turned into a hit Broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production. Waters has written and directed other successful films including Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998) and Cecil B. Demented (2000).
Birth Name
John Samuel Waters Jr.
Born
Monday, 22 April 1946
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy | (voice) | 2024 |
Fragments of Paradise | 2023 | |
Little Richard: I Am Everything | Self - Filmmaker | 2023 |
Living with Chucky | Self / Self - Filmmaker, Cry-Baby, Hairspray | 2023 |
Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits | Self | 2023 |
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self - Filmmaker / Self (Archive Footage) | 2022 |
Lynch/Oz | Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') | 2022 |
The Book of Harth | Self | 2022 |
The Andy Warhol Diaries | Self - Filmmaker | 2022 |
The Velvet Underground | Self | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Kiddie Flamingos | 2015 |
A Dirty Shame | 2004 |
Cecil B. Demented | 2000 |
Pecker | 1998 |
Serial Mom | 1994 |
Cry-Baby | 1990 |
Hairspray | 1988 |
Polyester | 1981 |
Desperate Living | 1977 |
Female Trouble | 1974 |
Pink Flamingos | 1972 |
The Diane Linkletter Story | 1970 |
Multiple Maniacs | 1970 |
Mondo Trasho | 1969 |
Eat Your Makeup | 1968 |
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head | 1968 |
Roman Candles | 1967 |
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket | 1964 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Hairspray Live! | 2016 |
Hairspray | 1988 |
Polyester | 1981 |
Desperate Living | 1977 |
Female Trouble | 1974 |
Pink Flamingos | 1972 |
The Diane Linkletter Story | 1970 |
Multiple Maniacs | 1970 |
Mondo Trasho | 1969 |
Eat Your Makeup | 1968 |
Roman Candles | 1967 |
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket | 1964 |