John Waters
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Born April 22, 1946 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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-moder…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Simpsons
The Daily Show
Late Show with David Letterman
The Blacklist
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Frasier
The Graham Norton Show
The Colbert Report
RuPaul's Drag Race
The View
Tony Awards
21 Jump Street
Late Night with David Letterman
Homicide: Life on the Street
My Name Is Earl
Clarence
Fish Hooks
Chucky
Helluva Boss
Finding Your Roots
Search Party
Eurotrash
HBO First Look
Explained
FEUD
So Graham Norton
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Jackass Number Two
The Word
Digman!
Kevin
Seed of Chucky
Pink Flamingos
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The Henry Rollins Show