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    John Waters

    1946-04-22 (78 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Waters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Scala!!!
    78.57000000000001 %|Jan 5, 2024
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    Lynch/Oz
    69.72 %|May 15, 2023
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    Little Richard: I Am Everything
    66.5 %|Apr 11, 2023
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    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    74 %|Nov 23, 2022
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    Fragments of Paradise
    67 %|Aug 31, 2022
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    Living with Chucky
    67 %|Aug 13, 2022
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    The Book of Harth
    85 %|Aug 10, 2022
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    Tell Me Iggy
    80 %|May 23, 2022
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    The Velvet Underground
    68 %|Oct 15, 2021
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    At the Video Store
    100 %|Oct 11, 2019
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    Weiner
    73.21 %|May 20, 2016
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    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
    60 %|Sep 8, 2015
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    Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
    68 %|May 30, 2015
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    Tab Hunter Confidential
    74 %|Mar 15, 2015
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    Suburban Gothic
    55 %|Jul 19, 2014
    Horror, Comedy
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    Jingle Bell Rocks!
    0 %|Dec 6, 2013
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    Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
    50 %|Apr 4, 2013
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    The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
    64 %|Mar 27, 2013
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    I Am Divine
    74 %|Mar 9, 2013
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    Excision
    61.989999999999995 %|Sep 12, 2012
    Drama, Horror
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    Mansome
    49 %|May 18, 2012
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    The Advocate for Fagdom
    53 %|Nov 4, 2011
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    Mangus!
    10 %|Apr 1, 2011
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    These Amazing Shadows
    74 %|Jan 22, 2011
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    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
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    Uncle Bob
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    Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
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    It Came from Kuchar
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    The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
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    Obscene
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    The Junior Defenders
    30 %|Oct 23, 2007
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    Here’s Looking at You, Boy
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    This Filthy World
    78 %|Nov 24, 2006
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    Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
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    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
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    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
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    Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
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    This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    71.28999999999999 %|Jan 26, 2006
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    That Man: Peter Berlin
    67 %|Jan 13, 2006
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    All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
    74 %|Jun 14, 2005
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    Seed of Chucky
    54.519999999999996 %|Nov 12, 2004
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    Thinking XXX
    55 %|Oct 27, 2004
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    A History of Sex
    55 %|Jan 14, 2003
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    Sylvester: Mighty Real
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    Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
    49 %|Mar 31, 2002
    Horror, Comedy
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    Divine Trash
    73 %|Mar 31, 2000
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    Sweet and Lowdown
    67.83 %|Dec 3, 1999
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    In Bad Taste
    80 %|Sep 3, 1999
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    Yesterday's Tomorrows
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    God Save the Queens
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    Homer and Eddie
    55.919999999999995 %|Aug 17, 1989
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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    Something Wild
    65.5 %|Nov 7, 1986
    Crime, Comedy, Romance
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    Love Letter to Edie
    64 %|Jan 1, 1975
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    Pink Flamingos
    62 %|Mar 17, 1972
    Comedy, Crime
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    My Life with the Waters
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    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
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    The Brandon Novak Story
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    Doc of Chucky
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    Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
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    The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
    52 %|Nov 20, 2020
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    Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
    68 %|Jun 23, 2020
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    Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
    64 %|May 19, 2020
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    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
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    Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
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    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
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    Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
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    Hairspray
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    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Each Time I Kill
    50 %|Mar 30, 2007
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    Jackass Number Two
    65.57000000000001 %|Sep 22, 2006
    Action, Comedy, Documentary
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    Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
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    (buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
    75 %|Mar 21, 2006
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    Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
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    Meet The Kuchar Brothers
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    I, of the Cyclops
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    It Came from... Baltimore!!
    72 %|Jul 12, 2005
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    Inside Deep Throat
    64.48 %|Feb 11, 2005
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    Closer Than That: A Documentary on Low
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    Music, Documentary
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    Abby Singer
    45 %|Oct 28, 2003
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    The Cockettes
    67 %|Jan 16, 2002
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    Memories of Oz
    68 %|Jun 24, 2001
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    Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
    64 %|Sep 8, 2000
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    Cecil B. Demented
    63 %|Aug 2, 2000
    Crime, Comedy, Action
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    Forever Hollywood
    80 %|Jan 1, 1999
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    Welcome to Hollywood
    38 %|Oct 1, 1998
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    Pecker
    61 %|Sep 25, 1998
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    Anarchy TV
    53 %|Jan 31, 1998
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    Anthem
    50 %|Jul 25, 1997
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    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
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    Serial Mom
    67.45 %|Apr 13, 1994
    Comedy, Crime
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    Growing Up with John Waters
    0 %|Jan 1, 1993
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    Gastronomic Getaway
    80 %|Jan 1, 1991
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    Hairspray
    68 %|Feb 26, 1988
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    Way USA!
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    The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
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    Divine Waters
    72 %|Jan 1, 1985
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    Edith's Shopping Bag
    60 %|Jan 1, 1976
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    Mondo Trasho
    51 %|Mar 14, 1969
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    As Time Goes By
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    The Andy Warhol Diaries
    66.94 %|Mar 9, 2022
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    Chucky
    79 %|Oct 12, 2021
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    Pride
    71 %|May 14, 2021
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    Liverspots and Astronots
    60 %|Oct 18, 2018
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation
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    Explained
    75 %|May 23, 2018
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    FEUD
    77.28 %|Mar 5, 2017
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    Search Party
    69 %|Nov 21, 2016
    Comedy, Drama, Crime
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    The New Yorker Presents
    78 %|Feb 16, 2016
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    Clarence
    79 %|Apr 14, 2014
    Animation, Comedy
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    Late Night with Seth Meyers
    55 %|Feb 25, 2014
    Talk, Comedy
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    HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    63 %|Jan 18, 2014
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    The Blacklist
    76 %|Sep 23, 2013
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    RuPaul Drives...
    50 %|Aug 20, 2013
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    Finding Your Roots
    62 %|Mar 24, 2012
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    Fish Hooks
    65 %|Sep 3, 2010
    Animation, Comedy, Kids
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    Fish Hooks
    65 %|Sep 3, 2010
    Animation, Comedy, Kids
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    Offspring
    71 %|Aug 22, 2010
    Drama
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
    50 %|Jul 16, 2009
    Talk, Comedy
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    RuPaul's Drag Race
    75 %|Feb 2, 2009
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    RuPaul's Drag Race
    75 %|Feb 2, 2009
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    Indie Sex
    52 %|Aug 1, 2007
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    'Til Death Do Us Part
    65 %|Mar 19, 2007
    Mystery, Drama
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    The Graham Norton Show
    72 %|Feb 22, 2007
    Comedy, Talk
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    I Love the '70s: Volume 2
    0 %|Jul 10, 2006
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    The Henry Rollins Show
    55 %|Apr 1, 2006
    Talk, Comedy
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    My Name Is Earl
    76.67 %|Sep 20, 2005
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    Real Time with Bill Maher
    60.12 %|Feb 21, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    79 %|Sep 20, 1999
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    So Graham Norton
    63 %|Jul 3, 1998
    Comedy, Talk
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    E! True Hollywood Story
    80.41 %|Aug 21, 1996
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    The Daily Show
    64 %|Jul 22, 1996
    News, Comedy
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    Family Album
    39 %|Oct 23, 1994
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Frasier
    77 %|Sep 16, 1993
    Comedy, Family
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    Homicide: Life on the Street
    80 %|Jan 31, 1993
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    HBO First Look
    49 %|Jun 12, 1992
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    The Simpsons
    80.18 %|Dec 17, 1989
    Family, Animation, Comedy
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    The Incredibly Strange Film Show
    100 %|Aug 5, 1988
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    21 Jump Street
    71 %|Apr 12, 1987
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
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    Saturday Night Live
    69.36 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
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    50 %|Apr 1, 1956