John Waters

John Waters

Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore church halls to underground audiences drawn by word of mouth and street leafleting campaigns. As his filmmaking grew more polished and his subject matter more shocking, his audiences grew bigger, and his write-ups in the Baltimore papers more outraged. By the early 1970s he was making features, which he managed to get shown in midnight screenings in art cinemas by sheer perseverance. Success came when Pink Flamingos (1972) - a deliberate exercise in ultra-bad taste - took off in 1973, helped no doubt by lead actor Divine's infamous dog-crap eating scene. Waters continued to make low-budget shocking movies with his Dreamland repertory company until Hollywood crossover success came with Hairspray (1988), and although his movies nowadays might now appear cleaned up and professional, they retain Waters' playfulness, and reflect his lifelong obsessions.
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1946-04-22
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As: John S. Waters

Movies List of John Waters

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This Filthy World

2006 Movie
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Divine Trash

1998 Movie
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In Bad Taste

1999 Movie
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Gastronomic Getaway

1991 Movie
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I, of the Cyclops

2006 Movie
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Memories of Oz

2001 Movie
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Scala!!!

2024 Movie
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Love Letter to Edie

1975 Movie
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I Am Divine

2013 Movie
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At the Video Store

2019 Movie
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Edith's Shopping Bag

1976 Movie
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Way USA!

1988 Movie
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Sickies Making Films

2018 Movie
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Mugworth

2018 Movie
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Mansfield 66/67

2017 Movie
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TURA!

Movie
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Divine Waters

1985 Movie
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Lynch/Oz

2023 Movie
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It Came from Kuchar

2009 Movie
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A History of Sex

2003 Movie
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Fragments of Paradise

2022 Movie
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Mangus!

2011 Movie
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Seed of Chucky

2004 Movie
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Sweet and Lowdown

1999 Movie
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Excision

2012 Movie
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Suburban Gothic

2014 Movie
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Inside Deep Throat

2005 Movie
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The Book of Harth

2022 Movie
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Homer and Eddie

1989 Movie
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Jingle Bell Rocks!

2013 Movie
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Tell Me Iggy

2022 Movie
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The Junior Defenders

2007 Movie
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Obscene

2008 Movie
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Beautiful Darling

2010 Movie
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Uncle Bob

2010 Movie
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Mansome

2012 Movie
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Anthem

1997 Movie
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God Save the Queens

1995 Movie
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Living with Chucky

2022 Movie
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Hairspray

2007 Movie
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Yesterday's Tomorrows

1999 Movie
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Something Wild

1986 Movie
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Blank City

2011 Movie
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Weiner

2016 Movie
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These Amazing Shadows

2011 Movie
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The Cockettes

2002 Movie
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Jackass Number Two

2006 Movie
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Each Time I Kill

2007 Movie
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Thinking XXX

2004 Movie
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Forever Hollywood

1999 Movie
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Cecil B. Demented

2000 Movie
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Mondo Trasho

1969 Movie
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Anarchy TV

1998 Movie
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Hairspray

1988 Movie
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Abby Singer

2003 Movie
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Welcome to Hollywood

1998 Movie
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Pink Flamingos

1972 Movie
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Pecker

1998 Movie
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Serial Mom

1994 Movie