Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/22/1946
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
John S. Watersجان واترز
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-moder...
Known For
Pink Flamingos
as Mr. J (voice) (uncredited)
Excision
as William
Hairspray
as Flasher
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
as First Class Passenger
Hairspray
as Dr. Fredrickson
Anthem
as Self
Seed of Chucky
as Pete Peters
Scala!!!
as Self
Lynch/Oz
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Mangus!
as Jesus Christ
Mondo Trasho
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Jackass Number Two
as Self
Divine Trash
as Self
Gastronomic Getaway
Unknown Role
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
The Velvet Underground
as Self
Living with Chucky
as Self
Sweet and Lowdown
as Mr. Haynes
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365 Day Project
Role unknown
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
The Junior Defenders
as Narrator
Jessica the Hippo
as Narrator (Voice)
Indie Sex
as Self
Hairspray
as Flasher
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
Each Time I Kill
as Movie Watcher
'Til Death Do Us Part
Role unknown
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2006
This Filthy World
as Self
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
Jackass Number Two
as Self
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
as Self
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
as Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Role unknown
The Henry Rollins Show
Role unknown
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
Role unknown
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
Role unknown
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
as Self
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
That Man: Peter Berlin
as Self
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Role unknown
I, of the Cyclops
Role unknown