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
    Place of birth
    Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Birthday
    4/22/1946
Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea
Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea
7.1
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels
6
This Filthy World
This Filthy World
7.789
Divine Trash
Divine Trash
7.303
In Bad Taste
In Bad Taste
8
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
5.8
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
7.4
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
Whatever Happened to Gelitin
2
Gastronomic Getaway
Gastronomic Getaway
8
Growing Up with John Waters
Growing Up with John Waters
0
I, of the Cyclops
I, of the Cyclops
0
Memories of Oz
Memories of Oz
7.3
It Came from... Baltimore!!
It Came from... Baltimore!!
7.2
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
6.6
There's a Hippo in my House
There's a Hippo in my House
0
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
In Conversation With Director John Waters, Actress Kathleen Turner and Actress Mink Stole
0
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
5.2
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
0
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
0
No Smoking in This Theater
No Smoking in This Theater
8
Scala!!!
Scala!!!
0
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
5
Love Letter to Edie
Love Letter to Edie
6.4
That Man: Peter Berlin
That Man: Peter Berlin
6.7
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
6.175
I Am Divine
I Am Divine
7.5
At the Video Store
At the Video Store
10
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
10
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
5.65
Edith's Shopping Bag
Edith's Shopping Bag
6
Way USA!
Way USA!
0
Sickies Making Films
Sickies Making Films
0
Mugworth
Mugworth
0
Coven of the Heathenites
Coven of the Heathenites
0
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
6.2
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
0
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Little Richard: I Am Everything
8
Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes
0
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
6.286
Mansfield 66/67
Mansfield 66/67
4.7
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
0
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
7
Divine Waters
Divine Waters
7.2
Lynch/Oz
Lynch/Oz
6.667
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
6.438
It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar
6.9
A History of Sex
A History of Sex
5.467
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
6
Tab Hunter Confidential
Tab Hunter Confidential
7.373
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
6.8
Fragments of Paradise
Fragments of Paradise
7
Mangus!
Mangus!
0
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
7.5
Seed of Chucky
Seed of Chucky
5.406
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
6.83
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
4.914
Excision
Excision
6.199
Suburban Gothic
Suburban Gothic
5.421
Inside Deep Throat
Inside Deep Throat
6.53
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
7.808
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
6
The Book of Harth
0
Homer and Eddie
Homer and Eddie
5.512
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
6.795
Mansome
Mansome
4.944
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
6.753
Jingle Bell Rocks!
Jingle Bell Rocks!
0
Tell Me Iggy
Tell Me Iggy
8
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
7.136
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
6
Beautiful Darling
Beautiful Darling
5.875
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
0
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
6
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
0
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5.7
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
5
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob
5
Anthem
Anthem
5
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
6.5
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’
0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
6
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
0
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
6.75
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
5.667
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
0
God Save the Queens
God Save the Queens
0
Living with Chucky
Living with Chucky
6.8
Hairspray
Hairspray
6.656
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Yesterday's Tomorrows
0
Something Wild
Something Wild
6.6
Blank City
Blank City
6.9
Weiner
Weiner
7.336
These Amazing Shadows
These Amazing Shadows
7.438
The Cockettes
The Cockettes
6.727
The Advocate for Fagdom
The Advocate for Fagdom
5.3
Jackass Number Two
Jackass Number Two
6.518
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
0
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
7.415
Each Time I Kill
Each Time I Kill
5
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
4.5
Thinking XXX
Thinking XXX
5.427
Forever Hollywood
10
Cecil B. Demented
Cecil B. Demented
6.4
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
0
Mondo Trasho
Mondo Trasho
5
Anarchy TV
Anarchy TV
5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
6.018
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6
Hairspray
Hairspray
6.857
Abby Singer
Abby Singer
0
Welcome to Hollywood
Welcome to Hollywood
4
Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos
6.193
Pecker
Pecker
6.083
Serial Mom
Serial Mom
6.744
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