John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, 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. His other films 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.
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🎬 Movies
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
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2026
Return to Mortville
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2026
Gays Against Guns
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2026
Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh
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2025
It's Dorothy!
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2025
Better Man
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2024
Doc of Chucky
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2024
The Rooster
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2024
Scala!!!
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2024
Lynch/Oz
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2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
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2023
Don't Fall in Love with Yourself
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2022
Living with Chucky
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2022
Tell Me Iggy
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2022
The Velvet Underground
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2021
My Life with the Waters
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2021
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
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2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
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2020
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
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2020
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
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2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
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2019
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
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2019
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
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2019
Mugworth
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2018
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
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2018
2:22
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2017
Mansfield 66/67
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2017
Hairspray Live!
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2016
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
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2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
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2015
Suburban Gothic
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2014
I Am Divine
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2014
Return to Nim's Island
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2013
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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2012
Excision
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2012
The Advocate for Fagdom
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2011
These Amazing Shadows
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2011
Centre Place
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2010
Beautiful Darling
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2010
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
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2010
It Came from Kuchar
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2009
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
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2008
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
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2008
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
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2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
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2007
Hairspray
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2007
Hairspray
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2007
Jackass Number Two
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2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
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2006
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
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2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
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2006
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
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2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
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2006
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
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2005
Inside Deep Throat
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2005
Seed of Chucky
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2004
A Dirty Shame
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2004
A Dirty Shame
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2004
The Cockettes
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2002
Memories of Oz
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2001
Cecil B. Demented
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2000
Cecil B. Demented
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2000
Divine Trash
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2000
Sweet and Lowdown
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1999
In Bad Taste
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1999
Chameleon II: Death Match
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1999
Pecker
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1998
Pecker
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1998
Anthem
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1997
Serial Mom
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1994
Serial Mom
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1994
Singapore Sling
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1994
Cry-Baby
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1990
Cry-Baby
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1990
The Rivers Run
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1990
Homer and Eddie
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1989
Hairspray
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1988
Hairspray
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1988
Passion Flower
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1987
Something Wild
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1986
The Perfectionist
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1985
Divine Waters
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1985
Attack Force Z
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1982
Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA
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1982
Nuart Theatre No Smoking PSA
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1982
Polyester
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1981
Polyester
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1981
Breaker Morant
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1980
Cass
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1978
Summerfield
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1977
Desperate Living
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1977
Desperate Living
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1977
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
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1976
Female Trouble
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1976
Female Trouble
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1976
Edith's Shopping Bag
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1976
Love Letter to Edie
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1975
Pink Flamingos
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1972
Pink Flamingos
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1972
Multiple Maniacs
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1970
Multiple Maniacs
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1970
The Diane Linkletter Story
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1970
The Diane Linkletter Story
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1970
Mondo Trasho
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1969
Mondo Trasho
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1969
The Vanishing Pioneer
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1928
Beau Sabreur
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1928
Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
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Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
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Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
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