John Waters
1946-04-22 ( 78 years old ) 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Waters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

TURA! 2024-11-09
Doc of Chucky 2024-11-01
Scala!!! 2024-01-05
Lynch/Oz 2023-05-15
Tell Me Iggy 2022-05-23
Mugworth 2018-11-02
Wall Writers 2016-06-24
Weiner 2016-05-20
I Am Divine 2013-03-09
Excision 2012-09-12
Mansome 2012-05-18
Blank City 2011-04-06
Mangus! 2011-04-01
Uncle Bob 2010-06-26
Obscene 2008-09-26
Hairspray 2007-07-19
Seed of Chucky 2004-11-12
Thinking XXX 2004-10-27
Abby Singer 2003-10-28
The Cockettes 2002-01-16
Memories of Oz 2001-06-24
Divine Trash 2000-03-31
In Bad Taste 1999-09-03
Pecker 1998-09-25
Anarchy TV 1998-01-31
Anthem 1997-07-25
Serial Mom 1994-04-13
Hairspray 1988-02-26
Way USA! 1988-01-01
Something Wild 1986-11-07
Divine Waters 1985-01-01
Pink Flamingos 1972-03-17
Mondo Trasho 1969-03-14