John Waters, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Waters

American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, journalist, voice actor, film director, film producer, visual artist, film editor, art collector, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About John Waters

  • John Samuel Waters Jr.
  • (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, director, writer, actor and artist.
  • Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, especially Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974).
  • He wrote and directed the 1988 film Hairspray, which became an international success and turned into a hit Broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production, and a film adaptation of the Broadway musical was released in July 2007.
  • Waters has written and directed other successful films including Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998) and Cecil B.
  • Demented (2000). In 2015, the British Film Institute celebrated Waters’ films with a retrospective in honour of his 50 year-filmmaking career.
  • Later that year, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the spoken word version of his book Carsick.
  • As an actor, Waters has appeared in films such as Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Seed of Chucky (2004), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012) and Suburban Gothic (2014).
  • More recently, he performs in his ever-changing one-man show, This Filthy World.
  • Waters also has his own film production company, Dreamland Productions. In addition to filmmaking and acting, Waters also works as a visual artist and across different mediums such as installations, photography, and sculpture.
  • He has published multiple collections of his journalistic exploits, screenplays, ruminations and artwork.
  • Waters’ artwork exhibits regularly in galleries and museums around the world.

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