Biography
John Waters
Directing
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), C…
Career works
188
Movies
137
Series
51
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
04/22/1946
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026
Gays Against Guns
2026
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
2025 · 5.4
TURA!
2025 · 7.0
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
2025
It's Dorothy!
2025 · 4.0
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025 · 6.0
As Time Goes By
2024
Doc of Chucky
2024 · 7.8
Scala!!!
2024 · 7.8
Lynch/Oz
2023 · 6.8
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023 · 6.6
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
2022 · 5.0
Fragments of Paradise
2022 · 6.5
Living with Chucky
2022 · 6.6
Series
Kevin
2026 · 5.8
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025 · 5.0
Digman!
2023 · 6.1
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022 · 7.0
The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022 · 6.7
Chucky
2021 · 7.8
Pride
2021 · 6.7
Helluva Boss
2020 · 7.6
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · 7.2
Liverspots and Astronots
2018 · 6.0
Explained
2018 · 7.5
FEUD
2017 · 7.6
Search Party
2016 · 6.9
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · 6.8
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 6.1