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John Waters is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director, Director of Photography, Editor and Series Writer American born on 22 april 1946 at Baltimore (USA)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. Waters's 1970s and early '80s films feature his regular troupe of actors known as the Dreamlanders—among them Divine, Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Edith Massey. Starting with Desperate Living (1977), Waters began casting real-life convicted criminals (Liz Renay, Patty Hearst) and controversial people (Traci Lords, a former pornographic actress).
Waters dabbled in mainstream filmmaking with Hairspray (1988), which introduced Ricki Lake and earned a modest gross of $8 million in the US. In 2002, Hairspray was adapted to a long-running Broadway musical, which itself was adapted to a hit musical film that earned more than $200 million worldwide. After the crossover success of the original film version of Hairspray, Waters' films began featuring familiar actors and celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Edward Furlong, Melanie Griffith, Chris Isaak, Johnny Knoxville, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Kathleen Turner, and Tracey Ullman.
Although he maintains apartments in New York City and San Francisco, and a summer home in Provincetown, Waters still mainly resides in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where all his films are set. He is recognizable by his trademark pencil moustache, a look he has retained since the early 1970s.
In 2011, John Waters visited Lake Forest College to give a speech, and was interviewed by the professor Davis Schneiderman.
An openly gay man, Waters is also an avid supporter of gay rights and gay pride.
Waters was a great fan of the music of Little Richard when growing up, claiming that ever since shoplifting a copy of his song "Lucille" at the age of 11, "I've wished I could somehow climb into Little Richard's body, hook up his heart and vocal cords to my own, and switch identities." In 1987, Playboy magazine employed Waters to interview his idol, but the interview did not go well, with Waters later remarking that "it turned into kind of a disaster."
(2007)
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John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. Waters's 1970s and early '80s films feature his regular troupe of actors known as the Dreamlanders—among them Divine, Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Edith Massey. Starting with Desperate Living (1977), Waters began casting real-life convicted criminals (Liz Renay, Patty Hearst) and controversial people (Traci Lords, a former pornographic actress).
Waters dabbled in mainstream filmmaking with Hairspray (1988), which introduced Ricki Lake and earned a modest gross of $8 million in the US. In 2002, Hairspray was adapted to a long-running Broadway musical, which itself was adapted to a hit musical film that earned more than $200 million worldwide. After the crossover success of the original film version of Hairspray, Waters' films began featuring familiar actors and celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Edward Furlong, Melanie Griffith, Chris Isaak, Johnny Knoxville, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci, Lili Taylor, Kathleen Turner, and Tracey Ullman.
Although he maintains apartments in New York City and San Francisco, and a summer home in Provincetown, Waters still mainly resides in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where all his films are set. He is recognizable by his trademark pencil moustache, a look he has retained since the early 1970s.
Biography
In 2009, he advocated the parole of former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten. He devotes a chapter to Van Houten in his book Role Models published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in May 2010.In 2011, John Waters visited Lake Forest College to give a speech, and was interviewed by the professor Davis Schneiderman.
An openly gay man, Waters is also an avid supporter of gay rights and gay pride.
Waters was a great fan of the music of Little Richard when growing up, claiming that ever since shoplifting a copy of his song "Lucille" at the age of 11, "I've wished I could somehow climb into Little Richard's body, hook up his heart and vocal cords to my own, and switch identities." In 1987, Playboy magazine employed Waters to interview his idol, but the interview did not go well, with Waters later remarking that "it turned into kind of a disaster."
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Filmography of John Waters (68 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution | Actor | Himself |
| 2016 | Hairspray Live! | Associate Producer | |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Actor | First Class Passenger |
| 2014 | Suburban Gothic | Actor | Cornelius |
| 2013 | I Am Divine | Actor | Self |
| 2013 | The Last Impresario | Actor | |
| 2012 | Excision | Actor | William |
| 2012 | Of Dolls and Murder | Actor | |
| 2011 | Mangus! | Actor | Jesus Christ |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows | Actor | Self |
| 2011 | Kapyong | Actor | Narrator |
| 2010 | Beautiful Darling | Actor | Self |
| 2010 | Putty Hill | Thanks | |
| 2009 | For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism | Actor | Self |
| 2009 | It Came from Kuchar | Actor | Self |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Actor, Original Film Writer | Flasher |
| 2007 | Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis | Actor | Himself |
| 2007 | An American Crime | Thanks | |
| 2007 | Each Time I Kill | Actor | Movie Watcher |
| 2007 | The Junior Defenders | Actor | Narrator |
| 2007 | Here’s Looking at You, Boy | Actor | Self |
| 2006 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | Actor | Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame' |
| 2006 | Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Actor | Himself |
| 2006 | Jackass Number Two | Actor | Self |
| 2006 | This Filthy World | Actor, Scriptwriter | Self |
| 2005 | Stealth | Actor | Black Ops Doctor |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | Actor | Self |
| 2005 | That Man: Peter Berlin | Actor | Himself |
| 2004 | A Dirty Shame | Director, Writer | |
| 2004 | Seed of Chucky | Actor | Pete Peters |
| 2004 | Thinking XXX | Actor | Self |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Actor | Clark Divine |
| 2003 | Abby Singer | Actor | John Waters (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat | Actor | The Reverend |
| 2002 | The Cockettes | Actor | Self |
| 2000 | Cecil B. Demented | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter | Reporter |
| 2000 | In Bad Taste | Actor | Self |
| 1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Actor | Mr. Haynes |
| 1998 | Pecker | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter | Pervert on Phone (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Anarchy TV | Actor | |
| 1998 | Divine Trash | Actor | Himself |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood | Actor | John Waters |
| 1994 | Serial Mom | Actor, Director, Writer | Ted Bundy (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Family Album | Actor | Vincent |
| 1990 | Cry-Baby | Director, Writer | |
| 1989 | Homer and Eddie | Actor | Robber #1 |
| 1988 | Hairspray | Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Producer | Dr. Fredrickson |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Actor | Used Car Guy |
| 1985 | Divine Waters | Actor | Self |
| 1981 | Polyester | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | |
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | Actor | Captain Alfred Taylor |
| 1977 | Desperate Living | Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Photography, Series Writer | |
| 1977 | Summerfield | Actor | David |
| 1976 | Edith's Shopping Bag | Actor | Himself |
| 1975 | Love Letter to Edie | Actor | Himself |
| 1974 | Female Trouble | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1972 | Pink Flamingos | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | Mr. J (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Multiple Maniacs | Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1970 | The Diane Linkletter Story | Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1970 | The Diane Linkletter Story | Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1969 | Mondo Trasho | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | Reporter (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Eat Your Makeup | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1966 | Roman Candles | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1964 | Hag in a Black Leather Jacket | Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor | |
| 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Director | |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Assistant Director | |
| - | Mugworth | Actor | Sir Butler |