John Waters
Director
147
Filmes
50
Séries
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.
Por Trás das Câmeras
Hairspray: Suéltate el pelo
Original Film Writer
Pink Flamingos
Productor, Director, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Escritor
Llora nena
Director, Escritor
Desperate Living
Director, Escritor, Additional Photography, Productor
Mamá es una asesina
Director, Escritor
Crímenes Imperdonables
Thanks
Hairspray
Director, Co-Producer, Escritor
Polyester
Director, Productor, Escritor
Pecker
Director, Guionista
Adicta Al Sexo
Director, Escritor
Female Trouble
Director, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Productor, Escritor
Hairspray Live!
Associate Producer, Original Story
Multiple Maniacs
Compositor, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Escritor, Director, Productor
Cecil B. Demented
Director, Escritor
Room Temperature
Thanks
Poison
Thanks
This Filthy World
Guionista
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Mondo Trasho
Compositor, Productor, Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía, Director, Editor
The Diane Linkletter Story
Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía, Editor, Director, Productor
Kiddie Flamingos
Director, Escritor
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
Director, Escritor
Permanent Green Light
Thanks
Putty Hill
Thanks
Whipped
Thanks
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Thanks
Eat Your Makeup
Director, Escritor, Editor, Productor, Dir. de Fotografía
Hag in a Black Leather Jacket
Director, Editor, Dir. de Fotografía, Productor, Escritor
Marisa y Gomoso
Thanks
Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
Director
Como Ator/Atriz
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
Pornmonger Man
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Los Simpson
John (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
La lista negra
John Waters
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
Frasier
Roger (voice)
The View
Self
RuPaul: Carrera de drags
Self - Guest Judge
21 Jump Street
Mr. Bean
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Homicide: Life on the Street
R. Vincent Smith
Mi nombre es Earl
Walter Hamerick
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Clarence
Captain Tom (voice)
Chucky
Wendell Wilkins
Finding Your Roots
Self
Pecezuelos
Ezekiel Freshwater / Hair Man (voice)
Search Party
Sheffield
En pocas palabras
Narrator (voice)
Helluva Boss
Rolando (voice)
FEUD
William Castle
Estamos todos en vivo con John Mulaney
Self - Writer and Film Director
HBO First Look