John Waters
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). He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical. He has written and directed other films, including 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), Seed of Chucky (2004), 'Til Death Do Us Part (2007), Excision (2012), and Suburban Gothic (2014). More recently, he performs in his touring one-man show This Filthy World. He often worked with actor and drag queen Divine and his r...
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Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
It's Dorothy!
As Time Goes By
Fragments of Paradise
The Book of Harth
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Sickies Making Films
Mansfield 66/67
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
Tab Hunter Confidential
Suburban Gothic
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Excision
Mansome
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
The Junior Defenders
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
That Man: Peter Berlin
It Came from... Baltimore!!
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
Inside Deep Throat
Seed of Chucky- SYSylvester: Mighty Real
Sweet and Lowdown
In Bad Taste
Anthem
Homer and Eddie
Divine Waters
Edith's Shopping Bag
Lady Divine
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
The Brandon Novak Story- MAMamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
- NENew Line: Independent Legacies
Baltigore