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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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
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
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
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
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
Excision
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2012
The Advocate for Fagdom
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2011
These Amazing Shadows
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2011
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
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
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