Biography
John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, 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. His other films include Desperate Living (1977), Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000), each containing elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism.
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Awards & recognition
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 2018
- GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award · 2004
- Grammy Award — Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording · 2020 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Book of Harth
Homicide: Life on the Street
Clarence
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
Doc of Chucky
Marisa y Gomoso
Chucky
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Frasier
Helluva Boss
Feud
The Blacklist
This Filthy World
My Name Is Earl
Explained
RuPaul's Drag Race
These Amazing Shadows
Hairspray Live!
Tab Hunter Confidential
I Am Divine
An American Crime
21 Jump Street
The Graham Norton Show
Blank City
Tura!
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Polyester
Search Party
Offspring
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
Female Trouble
Lynch/Oz
The Velvet Underground
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
The New Yorker Presents
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Sweet and Lowdown
Hairspray
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Pride
Hairspray
The Cockettes
Serial Mom
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Living with Chucky
Jackass Number Two
Something Wild