John Waters

Known for DirectingBorn 1946-04-22 (age 80)Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

At the Video Store

New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation

365 Day Project

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

Sylvester: Mighty Real

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

The Book of Harth

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Gastronomic Getaway

Forever Hollywood

Kiddie Flamingos

E! True Hollywood Story

Clarence

Marisa y Gomoso

Scala!!!

Doc of Chucky

Chucky

Homicide: Life on the Street

In Bad Taste

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Helluva Boss

'Til Death Do Us Part

FEUD

The Blacklist

My Name Is Earl

All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'

Explained

This Filthy World

Frasier

It Came from... Baltimore!!

(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style

RuPaul's Drag Race

These Amazing Shadows

Hairspray Live!

I Am Divine

Tab Hunter Confidential

Divine Waters

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

An American Crime

So Graham Norton

The Graham Norton Show

TURA!

Divine Trash

Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow

Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida

Blank City