John Waters

John Waters Directing

22 Apr, 1946 (80) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

John Waters Directing

22 Apr, 1946 (80) in 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... see more

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... see more

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Acting (Self)

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Gays Against Guns

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Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh

Acting (Stage Manager)

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Room Temperature

Thanks

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TURA!

Acting (Self)

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Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus

Acting (Self)

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Acting (Self)

07/06/2025

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Acting (Self)

04/06/2025

Marisa y Gomoso

Thanks

13/02/2025

As Time Goes By

19/11/2024

Doc of Chucky

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01/11/2024

Scala!!!

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05/01/2024

Lynch/Oz

Acting (Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice))

15/05/2023

Little Richard: I Am Everything

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11/04/2023

Don't Fall in Love with Yourself

Acting (Self (Archival))

13/11/2022

Fragments of Paradise

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31/08/2022

Living with Chucky

Acting (Self)

13/08/2022

The Book of Harth

Acting (Self)

10/08/2022

Tell Me Iggy

Acting (Self)

23/05/2022

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

Acting (Self [archival])

08/11/2021

The Velvet Underground

Acting (Self)

15/10/2021

The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo

Acting (Himself)

20/11/2020

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Acting (Host)

23/06/2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Acting (Host)

19/05/2020

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Acting (Host)

21/04/2020

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

23/03/2020

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Acting (Self) · Director

14/12/2019

At the Video Store

Acting (Self)

11/10/2019

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Acting (Self)

29/09/2019

Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

Acting (Self) · Thanks

17/09/2019

Permanent Green Light

Thanks

02/05/2019

Mugworth

Acting (Sir Butler)

02/11/2018

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

26/06/2018

Female Trouble: On-Set Footage

26/06/2018

The Fancy Gentleman

Acting (Wadworth Thorndyke the Third)

10/03/2018

Sickies Making Films

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22/02/2018

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

Acting (Self)

12/06/2017

Mansfield 66/67

Acting (Self)

29/01/2017

Hairspray Live!

Associate Producer · Original Story

07/12/2016

Wall Writers

Acting (Narrator (voice))

24/06/2016

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