10.0
10.0
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
John Waters
Also known as: John Samuel Waters, John Samuel, Jr. Waters, the Pope of Trash...
Directing
Nationality:United States
Education:Calvert School, Calvert Hall College High School, Boys' Latin School of Maryland, New York University
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John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) 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). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism. As an actor, Waters has appeared in the films Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012), and Suburban Gothic (2014), as well as the Child's Play franchise with the film Seed of Chucky (2004) and the third season of the television series Chucky (2024). He hosted and produced the television series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You (2006). 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.
Filmography (129 movies)
10.0
10.0
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
2008
as Self
10.0
10.0
At the Video Store
2019
as Self
8.5
8.5
The Book of Harth
2022
as Self
8.0
8.0
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
8.0
8.0
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
8.0
8.0
In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
8.0
8.0
Kiddie Flamingos
2015
Director
7.8
7.8
No Smoking in This Theater
1982
as Self
7.8
7.8
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
7.7
7.7
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
7.6
7.6
This Filthy World
2006
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
2006
as Self
7.4
7.4
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
2005
as Self
7.4
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
7.3
7.3
I Am Divine
2014
as Self
7.3
7.3
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
7.2
7.2
It Came from... Baltimore!!
2005
as Self
7.2
7.2
Divine Waters
1985
as Self
7.2
7.2
Divine Trash
2000
as Self
7.1
7.1
Blank City
2011
as Self
7.1
7.1
Eat Your Makeup
1968
Producer
7.1
7.1
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
7.0
7.0
Polyester
1981
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Doc of Chucky
2024
as Self
7.0
7.0
It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
7.0
7.0
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021
as Self [archival]
7.0
7.0
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self - Director
6.9
6.9
Lynch/Oz
2023
as Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
6.9
6.9
Female Trouble
1974
Producer
6.8
6.8
The Velvet Underground
2021
as Self
6.8
6.8
Hairspray
1988
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Host
6.8
6.8
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
as Self
6.8
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Host
6.8
6.8
Memories of Oz
2001
as Self
6.8
6.8
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
as Mr. Haynes
6.7
6.7
Serial Mom
1994
Director
6.7
6.7
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket
1964
Writer
6.7
6.7
Hairspray
2007
as Flasher
6.6
6.6
Living with Chucky
2022
as Self
6.6
6.6
Something Wild
1986
as Used Car Guy
6.6
6.6
Jackass Number Two
2006
as Self
6.6
6.6
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.5
6.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
6.5
6.5
Cry-Baby
1990
Director
6.5
6.5
Fragments of Paradise
2022
as Self
6.5
6.5
The Cockettes
2002
as Self
6.4
6.4
Desperate Living
1977
Director
6.4
6.4
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
as Self
6.4
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Host
6.4
6.4
Love Letter to Edie
1975
as Self
6.4
6.4
Roman Candles
1967
Producer
6.4
6.4
Inside Deep Throat
2005
as Self
6.4
6.4
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Director
6.3
6.3
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
6.3
6.3
Multiple Maniacs
1970
Producer
6.2
6.2
That Man: Peter Berlin
2006
as Self
6.2
6.2
Excision
2012
as William
6.2
6.2
Wall Writers
2016
as Narrator (voice)
6.2
6.2
Pink Flamingos
1972
Writer
6.1
6.1
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019
as Self
6.1
6.1
Pecker
1998
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
2008
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2022
6.0
6.0
Edith's Shopping Bag
1976
as Self
6.0
6.0
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
2000
as Self
6.0
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
6.0
6.0
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2010
5.9
5.9
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
2013
as Self
5.8
5.8
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
2015
as Self
5.7
5.7
Sympathy for the Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
2015
as Self
5.7
5.7
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
as Self
5.7
5.7
Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self
5.6
5.6
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
2020
as Himself
5.5
5.5
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Robber #1
5.5
5.5
Seed of Chucky
2004
as Pete Peters
5.5
5.5
Suburban Gothic
2014
as Cornelius
5.4
5.4
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
5.3
5.3
A Dirty Shame
2004
Writer
5.3
5.3
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Director
5.3
5.3
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
as Self
5.3
5.3
A History of Sex
2003
as Self
5.1
5.1
Mondo Trasho
1969
Producer
5.0
5.0
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
2022
as Self (Archival)
5.0
5.0
Anthem
1997
as Self
5.0
5.0
Sickies Making Films
2018
as Self
5.0
5.0
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
as Self
5.0
5.0
The Diane Linkletter Story
1970
Producer
4.9
4.9
Mansome
2012
as Self
4.8
4.8
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
4.8
4.8
Mansfield 66/67
2017
as Self
4.7
4.7
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002
as The Reverend
4.4
4.4
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
as Self
4.0
4.0
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
1968
Writer
3.0
3.0
The Junior Defenders
2007
as Narrator
2.0
2.0
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
2016
as Self
1.0
1.0
Mangus!
2011
as Jesus Christ
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
2016
as Self
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
as Self
I, of the Cyclops
2006
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
Way USA!
1988
Growing Up with John Waters
1993
as Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019
as Self
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
TURA!
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
2006
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
2006
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1985
God Save the Queens
1995
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
2006
as Self
Jingle Bell Rocks!
2013
as Self
The Brandon Novak Story
TBA
as Self
Mugworth
2018
as Sir Butler
Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
2004
as Himself
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
2025
as Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
TBA
Sylvester: Mighty Real
2002
as Self
My Life with the Waters
TBA
as Self
As Time Goes By
2024
It's Dorothy!
2025
as Self
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
2025
as Stage Manager
Jessica the Hippo
2007
as Narrator (Voice)
Liarmouth
TBA
Writer
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