Directing
John Waters
Born 1946-04-22
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.
Acting
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026 · Self
Return to Mortville
2026 · Self
Gays Against Guns
2026
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
2025 · Stage Manager
TURA!
2025 · Self
Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus
2025 · Self
It's Dorothy!
2025 · Self
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025 · Self
As Time Goes By
2024
Doc of Chucky
2024 · Self
Scala!!!
2024 · Self
Lynch/Oz
2023 · Host (Chapter 3: 'Kindred') (voice)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023 · Self
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
2022 · Self (Archival)
Fragments of Paradise
2022 · Self
Living with Chucky
2022 · Self
The Book of Harth
2022 · Self
Tell Me Iggy
2022 · Self
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
2021 · Self [archival]
The Velvet Underground
2021 · Self
My Life with the Waters
2021 · Self
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
2020 · Himself
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Host
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · Host
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Host
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Self
At the Video Store
2019 · Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019 · Self
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
2019 · Self
Mugworth
2018 · Sir Butler
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Kiddie Flamingos
2015
A Dirty Shame
2004
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Pecker
1998
Serial Mom
1994
Cry-Baby
1990
Hairspray
1988
Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA
1982
Polyester
1981
Desperate Living
1977
Female Trouble
1976
Pink Flamingos
1972
The Diane Linkletter Story
1970
Multiple Maniacs
1970
Mondo Trasho
1969
Writer
Kiddie Flamingos
2015
A Dirty Shame
2004
Cecil B. Demented
2000
Serial Mom
1994
Cry-Baby
1990
Hairspray
1988
Polyester
1981
Desperate Living
1977
Female Trouble
1976
Pink Flamingos
1972
The Diane Linkletter Story
1970
Multiple Maniacs
1970
Mondo Trasho
1969
Eat Your Makeup
1968
Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head
1968
Roman Candles
1967
