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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(gwneuthurwr_ffilm)" title="John Waters (gwneuthurwr ffilm) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="John Waters (gwneuthurwr ffilm)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(Regisseur)" title="John Waters (Regisseur) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John Waters (Regisseur)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="جان واترز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان واترز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(r%C3%A9alisateur)" title="John Waters (réalisateur) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John Waters (réalisateur)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%9B%8C%ED%84%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="존 워터스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="존 워터스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD" title="Ջոն Ուոթերս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջոն Ուոթերս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(regista_1946)" title="John Waters (regista 1946) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="John Waters (regista 1946)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="ג'ון ווטרס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ון ווטרס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ჯონ უოტერსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჯონ უოტერსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_Voterss" title="Džons Voterss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džons Voterss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="جون ووترز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون ووترز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(regisseur)" title="John Waters (regisseur) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="John Waters (regisseur)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA" title="ジョン・ウォーターズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョン・ウォーターズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="John Waters" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Уотерс, Джон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Уотерс, Джон" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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(";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Filmmaker</li><li>writer</li><li>actor</li><li>artist</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1964–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organization</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Dreamlanders" title="Dreamlanders">Dreamland Productions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_P._Whitaker" title="George P. Whitaker">George P. Whitaker</a> (great-great-great-grandfather)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Waters_signature.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Waters_signature.png/150px-John_Waters_signature.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Waters_signature.png/225px-John_Waters_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/John_Waters_signature.png/300px-John_Waters_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="658" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> 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 <a href="/wiki/Transgressive_art" title="Transgressive art">transgressive</a> <a href="/wiki/Cult_film" title="Cult film">cult films</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Multiple_Maniacs" title="Multiple Maniacs">Multiple Maniacs</a> (1970), <a href="/wiki/Pink_Flamingos" title="Pink Flamingos">Pink Flamingos</a> (1972) and <a href="/wiki/Female_Trouble" title="Female Trouble">Female Trouble</a> (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a> (1988), which was later adapted into a <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">hit Broadway musical</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)" title="Hairspray (2007 film)">2007 musical film</a>. Other films he has written and directed include <a href="/wiki/Desperate_Living" title="Desperate Living">Desperate Living</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Polyester_(film)" title="Polyester (film)">Polyester</a> (1981), <a href="/wiki/Cry-Baby" title="Cry-Baby">Cry-Baby</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Serial_Mom" title="Serial Mom">Serial Mom</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Pecker_(film)" title="Pecker (film)">Pecker</a> (1998), and <a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Demented" title="Cecil B. Demented">Cecil B. Demented</a> (2000). His films contain elements of <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_art" title="Postmodern art">post-modern comedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surrealism_and_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Surrealism and film">surrealism</a>. As an actor, Waters has appeared in the films <a href="/wiki/Sweet_and_Lowdown" title="Sweet and Lowdown">Sweet and Lowdown</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Mangus!" title="Mangus!">Mangus!</a> (2011), <a href="/wiki/Excision_(film)" title="Excision (film)">Excision</a> (2012), and <a href="/wiki/Suburban_Gothic_(film)" title="Suburban Gothic (film)">Suburban Gothic</a> (2014), as well as the <a href="/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(franchise)" title="Child's Play (franchise)">Child's Play</a> franchise with the film <a href="/wiki/Seed_of_Chucky" title="Seed of Chucky">Seed of Chucky</a> (2004) and the <a href="/wiki/Chucky_season_3" title="Chucky season 3">third season</a> of the television series <a href="/wiki/Chucky_(TV_series)" title="Chucky (TV series)">Chucky</a> (2024). He hosted and produced the television series <a href="/wiki/John_Waters_Presents_Movies_That_Will_Corrupt_You" title="John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You">John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You</a> (2006). Throughout his career, Waters often collaborated with actor and drag queen <a href="/wiki/Divine_(performer)" title="Divine (performer)">Divine</a> and his regular cast of the <a href="/wiki/Dreamlanders" title="Dreamlanders">Dreamlanders</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> More recently, he performs in his touring one-man show <a href="/wiki/This_Filthy_World" title="This Filthy World">This Filthy World</a>. Waters also works as a visual artist and across different media, such as <a href="/wiki/Installation_art" title="Installation art">installations</a>, photography, and sculpture. The audiobooks he narrated for his books Carsick and Mr. Know-It-All were nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album</a> in 2015 and 2020, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> In 2018, Waters was named an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Arts_and_Letters" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Arts and Letters">Order of Arts and Letters</a> in France.<a href="#cite_note-2018LW-3">[3]</a> He received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> Waters was born on April 22, 1946, in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, one of four children born to Patricia Ann (née Whitaker) and John Samuel Waters, a manufacturer of fire-protection equipment.<a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen-5">[5]</a> He was raised <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> by his mother, though his father was not Catholic.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEgan2011214-6">[6]</a> Through his mother, who immigrated to the United States from <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia" title="Victoria, British Columbia">Victoria, British Columbia</a>, Canada, as a child, he is the great-great-great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/George_P._Whitaker" title="George P. Whitaker">George P. Whitaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Whitaker_iron_family" title="Whitaker iron family">Whitaker iron family</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Waters grew up in <a href="/wiki/Lutherville,_Maryland" title="Lutherville, Maryland">Lutherville, Maryland</a>, a suburb of Baltimore. His boyhood friend and muse, Glenn Milstead, later known as <a href="/wiki/Divine_(performer)" title="Divine (performer)">Divine</a>, also lived in Lutherville.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Waters lived at 313 Morris Avenue in Lutherville from his early teenage years until he moved out in his early twenties. Waters and Milstead shot many of their early films at the house, dubbing the front lawn the "Dreamland Lot".<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> The film <a href="/wiki/Lili_(1953_film)" title="Lili (1953 film)">Lili</a> inspired an interest in puppets in the seven-year-old Waters, who proceeded to stage violent versions of <a href="/wiki/Punch_and_Judy" title="Punch and Judy">Punch and Judy</a> for children's birthday parties. Biographer Robrt L. Pela says that Waters's mother believes the puppets in Lili had the greatest influence on Waters's subsequent career (though Pela believes tacky films at a local <a href="/wiki/Drive-in_theater" title="Drive-in theater">drive-in</a>, which the young Waters watched from a distance through binoculars, had a greater effect).<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <a href="/wiki/Cry-Baby" title="Cry-Baby">Cry-Baby</a> was also a product of Waters's boyhood, because of his fascination as a seven-year-old with the "<a href="/wiki/Greaser_(subculture)" title="Greaser (subculture)">drapes</a>" then receiving intense news coverage because of the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Carolyn_Wasilewski" title="Murder of Carolyn Wasilewski">murder of Carolyn Wasilewski</a>, a young "drapette", and his admiration for a young man living across the street who had a <a href="/wiki/Hot_rod" title="Hot rod">hot rod</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Waters was privately educated at the <a href="/wiki/Calvert_School" title="Calvert School">Calvert School</a> in Baltimore. After attending Towson Jr. High School in nearby <a href="/wiki/Towson" class="mw-redirect" title="Towson">Towson</a>,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calvert_Hall_College_High_School" title="Calvert Hall College High School">Calvert Hall College High School</a>, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Boys%27_Latin_School_of_Maryland" title="Boys' Latin School of Maryland">Boys' Latin School of Maryland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> While still a teen, he made frequent trips into downtown Baltimore to visit <a href="/wiki/Martick%27s_Restaurant_Francais" title="Martick's Restaurant Francais">Martick's</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Beatnik" title="Beatnik">beatnik</a> bar, where he and Milstead met many of their later film collaborators.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> He was underage and could not enter the bar proper, but loitered in the adjacent alley, where he relied on older patrons to slip him drinks.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career">edit</a>]</div> Waters's first short film was <a href="/wiki/Hag_in_a_Black_Leather_Jacket" title="Hag in a Black Leather Jacket">Hag in a Black Leather Jacket</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> MGM's <a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wizard of Oz">The Wizard of Oz</a> (1939) had a profound effect on Waters' creative mind. He said about it: <blockquote>I was always drawn to forbidden subject matter in the very, very beginning. The Wizard of Oz opened me up because it was one of the first movies I ever saw. It opened me up to villainy, to screenwriting, to costumes. And great dialogue. I think the witch has great, great dialogue.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></blockquote> Waters has stated that he takes an equal amount of joy and influence from high-brow "art" films and sleazy exploitation films.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In January 1966, Waters and some friends were caught smoking marijuana on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a>, and he was soon kicked out of his dormitory. He returned to Baltimore, where he completed his next two short films, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Candles_(1966_film)" title="Roman Candles (1966 film)">Roman Candles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eat_Your_Makeup" title="Eat Your Makeup">Eat Your Makeup</a>. They were followed by the feature-length films <a href="/wiki/Mondo_Trasho" title="Mondo Trasho">Mondo Trasho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Multiple_Maniacs" title="Multiple Maniacs">Multiple Maniacs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Waters's films became Divine's primary star vehicles. All of Waters's early films were shot in the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> area with his company of local actors, the <a href="/wiki/Dreamlanders" title="Dreamlanders">Dreamlanders</a>—which, in addition to Divine, included <a href="/wiki/Mink_Stole" title="Mink Stole">Mink Stole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Mueller" title="Cookie Mueller">Cookie Mueller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edith_Massey_(actress)" title="Edith Massey (actress)">Edith Massey</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Lochary" title="David Lochary">David Lochary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Vivian_Pearce" title="Mary Vivian Pearce">Mary Vivian Pearce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Walsh_(actress)" title="Susan Walsh (actress)">Susan Walsh</a>, and others. Waters met Edith Massey while she was a bartender at Pete's Hotel.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Waters's early campy movies present exaggerated characters in outrageous situations with hyperbolic dialogue. <a href="/wiki/Pink_Flamingos" title="Pink Flamingos">Pink Flamingos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Female_Trouble" title="Female Trouble">Female Trouble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Desperate_Living" title="Desperate Living">Desperate Living</a>, which he labeled the Trash Trilogy, pushed hard at the boundaries of conventional propriety and censorship. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_toward_the_mainstream">Move toward the mainstream</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Move toward the mainstream">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg/220px-John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg/330px-John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg/440px-John_Waters_fan_signature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1273" /></a><figcaption>John Waters signing a fan's jean jacket sleeve at the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_College_of_Art_and_Design" title="Massachusetts College of Art and Design">Massachusetts College of Art</a> in Boston, 1990.</figcaption></figure> Waters's 1981 film <a href="/wiki/Polyester_(film)" title="Polyester (film)">Polyester</a> starred Divine opposite former teen idol <a href="/wiki/Tab_Hunter" title="Tab Hunter">Tab Hunter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> It was the first time that Waters was not the primary camera operator for his own work, as he had started collaborating with local film student David Insley.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Since then, his films have become less controversial and more mainstream, although works such as <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cry-Baby" title="Cry-Baby">Cry-Baby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serial_Mom" title="Serial Mom">Serial Mom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pecker_(film)" title="Pecker (film)">Pecker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Demented" title="Cecil B. Demented">Cecil B. Demented</a> still retain his trademark inventiveness. Hairspray became a <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">hit Broadway musical</a> that swept the <a href="/wiki/2003_Tony_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Tony Awards">2003 Tony Awards</a>;<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)" title="Hairspray (2007 film)">film adaptation of the Broadway musical</a> was released in theaters on July 20, 2007, to positive reviews and commercial success.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Cry-Baby, itself a musical, also became a <a href="/wiki/Cry-Baby_(musical)" title="Cry-Baby (musical)">Broadway musical</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In 2004, the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rating_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America film rating system">NC-17</a>-rated <a href="/wiki/A_Dirty_Shame" title="A Dirty Shame">A Dirty Shame</a> marked a return to Waters' earlier, more controversial work of the 1970s. Having received mixed reviews and bombing at the box-office, it would prove to be his last film as a director for almost two decades. In 2007, Waters became the host ("The Groom Reaper") of <a href="/wiki/%27Til_Death_Do_Us_Part_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="'Til Death Do Us Part (U.S. TV series)">'Til Death Do Us Part</a>, a program on America's <a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">Court TV</a> network. In 2008, he planned to make a children's Christmas film, Fruitcake<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Knoxville" title="Johnny Knoxville">Johnny Knoxville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parker_Posey" title="Parker Posey">Parker Posey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gaychicago-29">[29]</a> Filming was set for November 2008,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> but the project was shelved in January 2009.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In 2010, Waters told the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a> that "<a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">Independent films</a> that cost $5 million are very hard to get made. I sold the idea, got a development deal, got paid a great salary to write it—and now the company is no longer around, which is the case with many independent film companies these days."<a href="#cite_note-tribune-32">[32]</a> In October 2022, it was announced that Waters will adapt his novel, <a href="/wiki/Liarmouth" title="Liarmouth">Liarmouth</a>, into a film. <a href="/wiki/Village_Roadshow_Pictures" title="Village Roadshow Pictures">Village Roadshow Pictures</a> was set to produce, with Waters writing and directing.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> However, in November 2024, it was reported that the film was "no longer happening".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Waters has often created characters with alliterated names for his films, such as Corny Collins, Cuddles Kovinsky, Donald and Donna Dasher, Dawn Davenport, Fat Fuck Frank, Francine Fishpaw, Link Larkin, Motormouth Maybelle, Mole McHenry, Penny and Prudy Pingleton, Ramona Ricketts, Sandy Sandstone, Sylvia Stickles, Todd Tomorrow, Tracy Turnblad, Ursula Udders, Wade Walker and Wanda Woodward.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> On September 18, 2023, Waters was honored with a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. Dreamlanders <a href="/wiki/Ricki_Lake" title="Ricki Lake">Ricki Lake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mink_Stole" title="Mink Stole">Mink Stole</a> were among the guest speakers.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_ventures">Other ventures</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other ventures">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historian_Jon_Wiener_(right)_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg/250px-Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg/375px-Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg/500px-Historian_Jon_Wiener_%28right%29_with_film_director_and_comedian_John_Waters_after_the_political_podcast_Start_Making_Sense.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1143" data-file-height="857" /></a><figcaption>Waters with historian <a href="/wiki/Jon_Wiener" title="Jon Wiener">Jon Wiener</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> Waters is a <a href="/wiki/Bibliophile" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliophile">bibliophile</a>, with a collection of over 8,000 books. In 2011, during a visit to the Waters house in Baltimore, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson observed: <blockquote>Bookshelves line the walls but they are not enough. The coffee table, desk and side tables are heaped with books, as is the replica electric chair in the hall. They range from Taschen art tomes such as The Big Butt Book to <a href="/wiki/Jean_Genet" title="Jean Genet">Jean Genet</a> paperbacks and a Hungarian translation of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp fiction</a> cover. In one corner sits a doll from the horror spoof Seed of Chucky, in which Waters appeared. It feels like an eccentric professor's study, or a carefully curated exhibition based on the life of a fictional character.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> </blockquote> Waters has had his fan mail delivered to Atomic Books, an independent bookstore in Baltimore, for over 20 years.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Puffing constantly on a cigarette, Waters appeared in a short film, shown in film art houses, announcing that "no smoking is permitted" in the theaters. The spot was directed by Douglas Brian Martin and produced by Douglas Brian Martin and Steven M. Martin. They also created two other short films, for the <a href="/wiki/Nuart_Theatre" title="Nuart Theatre">Nuart Theatre</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Landmark_Theatres" title="Landmark Theatres">Landmark Theater</a>) in <a href="/wiki/West_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="West Los Angeles, California">West Los Angeles, California</a>, in appreciation for their showing Pink Flamingos for many years. It is shown immediately before any of Waters' films, and before the midnight showing of <a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a>. Waters played a minister in <a href="/wiki/Blood_Feast_2:_All_U_Can_Eat" title="Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat">Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Herschell_Gordon_Lewis" title="Herschell Gordon Lewis">Herschell Gordon Lewis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In the 1980s, Waters taught inmates at the <a href="/wiki/Patuxent_Institution" title="Patuxent Institution">Patuxent Institution</a>, a Maryland prison. He was hired to teach literature, but his classes also encompassed discussions of film.<a href="#cite_note-RE-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> In 1985, he made a film with his students called Reckless Eyeballs, but it was not intended for release and was never publicly screened.<a href="#cite_note-RE-40">[40]</a> Waters is a board member of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Film_Festival" title="Maryland Film Festival">Maryland Film Festival</a>, and has selected and hosted a favorite film there each year since its launch in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He is also on the advisory board of the <a href="/wiki/Provincetown_International_Film_Festival" title="Provincetown International Film Festival">Provincetown International Film Festival</a>, and has hosted events and presented awards there every year since it was founded in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> He is a contributor to <a href="/wiki/Artforum" title="Artforum">Artforum</a> magazine and author of its year-end Top Ten Films list.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Waters hosts an annual performance, "A John Waters Christmas", which was launched in 1996 at the <a href="/wiki/Castro_Theatre" title="Castro Theatre">Castro Theatre</a> in San Francisco, and in 2018 toured 17 cities over 23 days.<a href="#cite_note-:0-46">[46]</a> In 2017, Waters began hosting an annual "Camp John Waters" event in <a href="/wiki/Kent,_Connecticut" title="Kent, Connecticut">Kent, Connecticut</a>. Adult fans from as far away as Australia and Chile "relive their <a href="/wiki/Summer_camp" title="Summer camp">sleepaway camping</a> days" with an "extra-<a href="/wiki/Campy" class="mw-redirect" title="Campy">campy</a> theme weekend".<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Notable guests have included <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Harry" title="Debbie Harry">Debbie Harry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Hearst" class="mw-redirect" title="Patricia Hearst">Patricia Hearst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Turner" title="Kathleen Turner">Kathleen Turner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mink_Stole" title="Mink Stole">Mink Stole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Harrison" title="Randy Harrison">Randy Harrison</a>.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Film_Society_of_Lincoln_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Film Society of Lincoln Center">Film Society of Lincoln Center</a> celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala where John Waters spoke in tribute to the Center along with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dee_Rees" title="Dee Rees">Dee Rees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var" title="Pedro Almodóvar">Pedro Almodóvar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal" title="Jake Gyllenhaal">Jake Gyllenhaal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dano" title="Paul Dano">Paul Dano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Kazan" title="Zoe Kazan">Zoe Kazan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fine_art">Fine art</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fine art">edit</a>]</div> Since the early 1990s, Waters has been making photo-based artwork and installations that have been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums. In 2004, the <a href="/wiki/New_Museum" title="New Museum">New Museum</a> in New York City presented a retrospective of his artwork curated by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Heiferman" title="Marvin Heiferman">Marvin Heiferman</a> and Lisa Phillips. His most recent exhibition John Waters: Indecent Exposure was exhibited at the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Museum_of_Art" title="Baltimore Museum of Art">Baltimore Museum of Art</a> from October 2018 to January 2019 and later traveled to the <a href="/wiki/Wexner_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Wexner Center for the Arts">Wexner Center for the Arts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Prior to that, Waters exhibited Rear Projection in April 2009, at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and the <a href="/wiki/Gagosian_Gallery" title="Gagosian Gallery">Gagosian Gallery</a> in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Waters has been represented by <a href="/wiki/C._Grimaldis_Gallery" title="C. Grimaldis Gallery">C. Grimaldis Gallery</a> in Baltimore, Maryland, since 2002 and by Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York since 2006.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg/220px-John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg/330px-John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg/440px-John_Waters_at_EIFF_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="635" /></a><figcaption>Waters in 2007</figcaption></figure> Waters's pieces are often comical, such as Rush (2009), a super-sized, tipped-over bottle of <a href="/wiki/Poppers" title="Poppers">poppers</a> (nitrite inhalants), and Hardy Har (2006), a photograph of flowers that squirts water at anyone who traverses a taped line on the floor. Waters has characterized his art as conceptual: "The craft is not the issue here. The idea is. And the presentation."<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> In November 2020, Waters promised to donate 372 artworks from his personal collection, including some of his own work as well as pieces by 125 artists, including <a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cy_Twombly" title="Cy Twombly">Cy Twombly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Sherman" title="Cindy Sherman">Cindy Sherman</a> and more, to the Baltimore Museum of Art. In recognition of the donation, the museum named its rotunda after Waters, but Waters also insisted the museum name an <a href="/wiki/Unisex_public_toilet" title="Unisex public toilet">all-gender bathroom</a> after him.<a href="#cite_note-cbc-57">[57]</a> Both the rotunda and the bathroom were renamed for Waters in time for the opening of the first exhibition of his bequeathed collection, Coming Attractions: The John Waters Collection on November 20, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Waters, who serves on the museum's board of directors, has stated the museum will acquire all of his art after his death.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carsick">Carsick</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Carsick">edit</a>]</div> With the motif "My life is so over-scheduled, what will happen if I give up control?", Waters completed a <a href="/wiki/Hitchhiking" title="Hitchhiking">hitchhiking</a> journey across the United States from Baltimore to San Francisco, turning his adventures into a book titled Carsick.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-Carsick-60">[60]</a> On May 15, 2012, while on the hitchhiking trip, Waters was picked up by 20-year-old <a href="/wiki/Myersville,_Maryland" title="Myersville, Maryland">Myersville, Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_council#United_States_and_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">councilman</a> Brett Bidle, who thought Waters was a homeless hitchhiker standing in the pouring rain. Feeling bad for Waters, he agreed to drive him four hours to <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bidle-61">[61]</a> The next day, <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_Magic" title="Here We Go Magic">Here We Go Magic</a> <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">tweeted</a> that they had picked John Waters up hitchhiking in Ohio. He was wearing a hat with the text "Scum of the Earth".<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado, Waters reconnected with Bidle (who had made an effort to catch up with him); Bidle then drove him another 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to <a href="/wiki/Reno" class="mw-redirect" title="Reno">Reno</a>, Nevada. Before parting ways, Waters arranged for Bidle to stay at his San Francisco apartment: "I thought, you know what, he wanted an adventure, too ... He's the first Republican I'd ever vote for."<a href="#cite_note-NYT-Carsick-60">[60]</a> Bidle later said: "We are polar opposites when it comes to our politics, religious beliefs. But that's what I loved about the whole trip. It was two people able to agree to disagree and still move on and have a great time. I think that's what America's all about."<a href="#cite_note-NYT-Carsick-60">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/220px-John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/330px-John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/440px-John_Waters_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2566" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption>Waters in New York City, 2007</figcaption></figure> Although he has maintained apartments in New York City and San Francisco's <a href="/wiki/Nob_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Nob Hill">Nob Hill</a>, as well as a summer home in <a href="/wiki/Provincetown" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincetown">Provincetown</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:0-46">[46]</a> Waters mainly resides in Baltimore.<a href="#cite_note-Schulman-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> All his films are set and shot there.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> He is recognizable by his trademark <a href="/wiki/Pencil_moustache" title="Pencil moustache">pencil moustache</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Schulman-63">[63]</a> As a gay man, Waters is an avid supporter of <a href="/wiki/Gay_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay rights">gay rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay pride</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In a 2019 interview, he said that he dislikes publicly discussing his personal life, adding that he had a partner but that they both preferred to keep the relationship private.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Waters was a great fan of the music of <a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a> when growing up. He has said that, ever since he shoplifted a copy of the Little Richard song "<a href="/wiki/Lucille_(Little_Richard_song)" title="Lucille (Little Richard song)">Lucille</a>" in 1957, at the age of 11, "I've wished I could somehow climb into Little Richard's body, hook up his heart and vocal cords to my own, and switch identities." In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a> magazine employed Waters, then aged 41, to interview his idol, but the interview did not go well, with Waters later remarking: "It turned into kind of a disaster."<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Waters advocated for the parole of former <a href="/wiki/Manson_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Manson family">Manson family</a> member <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Van_Houten" title="Leslie Van Houten">Leslie Van Houten</a>, writing in his 2010 book Role Models, "Her crime was a long, long time ago and she has paid her dues to society".<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> After Van Houten was paroled in 2023, Waters said he would not speak further about her, in deference to her privacy.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Throughout his life, Waters has been open about his recreational drug use, including <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> and <a href="/wiki/LSD" title="LSD">LSD</a>, particularly in regards to his creative process. Waters began using LSD as a teenager, "tak[ing] LSD and see[ing]...movies all the time".<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Waters was often on LSD while making his early films, claiming in a 2016 interview "I was on LSD [during Multiple Maniacs], I don't remember [how long it took to shoot the film]!"<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> He tried LSD again in his 70s, and documented the experience in his 2019 book Mr. Know-It-All.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Waters was a smoker before quitting around 2004, saying "the only thing I've ever regretted in my whole life [was] smoking cigarettes. Because it was a nightmare giving up. It's the only thing the government ever told me that was true: It does kill you!"<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In 2022, Waters said that if he were to write his younger self a letter, he would say "quit smoking [cigarettes] and do everything else".<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Director </th> <th>Writer </th> <th>Producer </th> <th>DOP </th> <th>Editor </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hag_in_a_Black_Leather_Jacket" title="Hag in a Black Leather Jacket">Hag in a Black Leather Jacket</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td rowspan="3">Short film </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Candles_(1966_film)" title="Roman Candles (1966 film)">Roman Candles</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-NYMag08-80">[80]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eat_Your_Makeup" title="Eat Your Makeup">Eat Your Makeup</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-NYMag08-80">[80]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Abandoned after two days of filming </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-RE-40">[40]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mondo_Trasho" title="Mondo Trasho">Mondo Trasho</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Diane_Linkletter_Story" title="The Diane Linkletter Story">The Diane Linkletter Story</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Short film </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-AVC16-82">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiple_Maniacs" title="Multiple Maniacs">Multiple Maniacs</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-AVC16-82">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pink_Flamingos" title="Pink Flamingos">Pink Flamingos</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Female_Trouble" title="Female Trouble">Female Trouble</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desperate_Living" title="Desperate Living">Desperate Living</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polyester_(film)" title="Polyester (film)">Polyester</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cry-Baby" title="Cry-Baby">Cry-Baby</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Serial_Mom" title="Serial Mom">Serial Mom</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pecker_(film)" title="Pecker (film)">Pecker</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Demented" title="Cecil B. Demented">Cecil B. Demented</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-Cecil_B._Demented-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Dirty_Shame" title="A Dirty Shame">A Dirty Shame</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)" title="Hairspray (2007 film)">Hairspray</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Co-producer and consultant </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-93">[93]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_actor">As actor</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: As actor">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mondo_Trasho" title="Mondo Trasho">Mondo Trasho</a> </td> <td>Reporter </td> <td>Voice cameo; uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pink_Flamingos" title="Pink Flamingos">Pink Flamingos</a> </td> <td>Mr. J </td> <td>Voice; uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Something_Wild_(1986_film)" title="Something Wild (1986 film)">Something Wild</a> </td> <td>Used car salesman </td> <td>Cameo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a> </td> <td>Dr. Fredrickson </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Homer_and_Eddie" title="Homer and Eddie">Homer and Eddie</a> </td> <td>Robber No. 1 </td> <td>Cameo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Serial_Mom" title="Serial Mom">Serial Mom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Bundy" title="Ted Bundy">Ted Bundy</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Voice cameo; uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pecker_(film)" title="Pecker (film)">Pecker</a> </td> <td>Pervert on phone </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sweet_and_Lowdown" title="Sweet and Lowdown">Sweet and Lowdown</a> </td> <td>Mr. Haynes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Demented" title="Cecil B. Demented">Cecil B. Demented</a> </td> <td>Reporter </td> <td>Cameo; uncredited </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Cecil_B._Demented-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blood_Feast_2:_All_U_Can_Eat" title="Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat">Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat</a> </td> <td>The Reverend </td> <td>Cameo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seed_of_Chucky" title="Seed of Chucky">Seed of Chucky</a> </td> <td>Pete Peters </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plagues_%26_Pleasures_on_the_Salton_Sea" title="Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea">Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea</a> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Voice; documentary </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-OC1-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated" title="This Film Is Not Yet Rated">This Film Is Not Yet Rated</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-GUA1-100">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackass_Number_Two" title="Jackass Number Two">Jackass Number Two</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)" title="Hairspray (2007 film)">Hairspray</a> </td> <td>Flasher </td> <td>Cameo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-93">[93]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Junior_Defenders" title="The Junior Defenders">The Junior Defenders</a> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Voice; direct-to-DVD </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>In the Land of Merry Misfits </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Voice </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangus!" title="Mangus!">Mangus!</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Of Dolls and Murder </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td>Voice; documentary </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Excision_(film)" title="Excision (film)">Excision</a> </td> <td>William </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Gothic_(film)" title="Suburban Gothic (film)">Suburban Gothic</a> </td> <td>Cornelius </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks:_The_Road_Chip" title="Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip">Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip</a> </td> <td>Airplane passenger </td> <td>Cameo </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_66/67" title="Mansfield 66/67">Mansfield 66/67</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-VANITY_FAIR-109">[109]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TBA </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mugworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mugworth (page does not exist)">Mugworth</a> </td> <td>Sir Butler </td> <td>Voice </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/21_Jump_Street" title="21 Jump Street">21 Jump Street</a> </td> <td>Mr. Bean </td> <td>Episode: "Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993, 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street" title="Homicide: Life on the Street">Homicide: Life on the Street</a> </td> <td>Bartender; R. Vincent Smith </td> <td>2 episodes </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> </td> <td>John </td> <td>Voice; episode: "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Phobia" title="Homer's Phobia">Homer's Phobia</a>" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a> </td> <td>Roger </td> <td>Voice; episode: "The Maris Counselor" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Waters_Presents_Movies_That_Will_Corrupt_You" title="John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You">John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You</a> </td> <td>Himself (host) </td> <td>13 episodes </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-BS1-114">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006–2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%27Til_Death_Do_Us_Part_(US_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="'Til Death Do Us Part (US TV series)">'Til Death Do Us Part</a> </td> <td>Groom Reaper </td> <td>Main; 14 episodes </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/My_Name_Is_Earl" title="My Name Is Earl">My Name Is Earl</a> </td> <td>Funeral director </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Kept_a_Guy_Locked_in_a_Truck" class="mw-redirect" title="Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck">Kept a Guy Locked in a Truck</a>" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Superjail!" title="Superjail!">Superjail!</a> </td> <td>Quetzalpocetlan </td> <td>Voice; episode "Ghosts" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fish_Hooks" title="Fish Hooks">Fish Hooks</a> </td> <td>The Yeti Lobster </td> <td>Voice; episode: "Rock Yeti Lobster" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013, 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_(TV_series)" title="Mickey Mouse (TV series)">Mickey Mouse</a> </td> <td>Wadsworth Thorndyke III </td> <td>Voices; 2 episodes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mr._Pickles" title="Mr. Pickles">Mr. Pickles</a> </td> <td>Dr. Kelton </td> <td>Voice; episode: "Coma" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race" title="RuPaul's Drag Race">RuPaul's Drag Race</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Guest judge; episode: "<a href="/wiki/Divine_Inspiration_(RuPaul%27s_Drag_Race)" title="Divine Inspiration (RuPaul's Drag Race)">Divine Inspiration</a>" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarence_(American_TV_series)" title="Clarence (American TV series)">Clarence</a> </td> <td>Captain Tom </td> <td>Voice; episode: "Plane Excited" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_Live!" title="Hairspray Live!">Hairspray Live!</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>Associate producer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Feud:_Bette_and_Joan" class="mw-redirect" title="Feud: Bette and Joan">Feud: Bette and Joan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Castle" title="William Castle">William Castle</a> </td> <td>Episode: "Hagsploitation" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Blacklist" title="The Blacklist">The Blacklist</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Sutton Ross (No. 17)" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liverspots_and_Astronots" title="Liverspots and Astronots">Liverspots and Astronots</a> </td> <td>O-Dor </td> <td>Voice; episode: "The Exorcism of O-Dor" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tigtone" title="Tigtone">Tigtone</a> </td> <td>Fertile Centaur </td> <td>Voice; episode: "...and the Freaks of Love" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a> </td> <td>Floyd Cougat (also credited as "Pornmonger man") </td> <td>2 episodes </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finding_Your_Roots" title="Finding Your Roots">Finding Your Roots</a> </td> <td>Himself (guest) </td> <td>Episode: "To the Manor Born" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Search_Party_(TV_series)" title="Search Party (TV series)">Search Party</a> </td> <td>Sheffield<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> </td> <td>2 episodes </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel" title="The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel">The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</a> </td> <td>Lazarus </td> <td>Episode: "Interesting People on Christopher Street" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bubble_Guppies" title="Bubble Guppies">Bubble Guppies</a> </td> <td>Baron Von Bland </td> <td>Voice; episode: "Taste Buddies!" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chucky_(TV_series)" title="Chucky (TV series)">Chucky</a> </td> <td>Wendell Wilkins </td> <td>Episode: "Final Destination" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Helluva_Boss" title="Helluva Boss">Helluva Boss</a> </td> <td>Rolando </td> <td>Voice; episode: "Ghostf**ckers" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Documentary appearances <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>American Cinema</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Andy_Warhol_Diaries_(TV_series)" title="The Andy Warhol Diaries (TV series)">The Andy Warhol Diaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Darling" title="Beautiful Darling">Beautiful Darling</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biography_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Biography (TV series)">Biography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Ghost_Stories#Season_1_-_(Nine_Episodes):" title="Celebrity Ghost Stories">Celebrity Ghost Stories</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cockettes_(film)" title="The Cockettes (film)">The Cockettes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Waters" title="Divine Waters">Divine Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Trash" title="Divine Trash">Divine Trash</a></li> <li>The Drexel Interview<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Divine" title="I Am Divine">I Am Divine</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Letter_to_Edie" title="Love Letter to Edie">Love Letter to Edie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E!_True_Hollywood_Story" title="E! True Hollywood Story">E! True Hollywood Story</a></li> <li>Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Grand_Journal_(Canal%2B)" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Grand Journal (Canal+)">Le Grand Journal</a> (Canal+)</li> <li>Guest of <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Sherman" title="Cindy Sherman">Cindy Sherman</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a>'s First Look</li> <li>Here's Looking at You, Boy – The Coming Out of <a href="/wiki/Queer_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Queer Cinema">Queer Cinema</a></li> <li>How Porn Conquered the World</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Incredibly_Strange_Film_Show" title="The Incredibly Strange Film Show">The Incredibly Strange Film Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inside_Deep_Throat" title="Inside Deep Throat">Inside Deep Throat</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intimate_Portrait" title="Intimate Portrait">Intimate Portrait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Came_From_Kuchar" class="mw-redirect" title="It Came From Kuchar">It Came From Kuchar</a></li> <li>Little Castles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Richard:_I_Am_Everything" title="Little Richard: I Am Everything">Little Richard: I Am Everything</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynch/Oz" title="Lynch/Oz">Lynch/Oz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_66/67" title="Mansfield 66/67">Mansfield 66/67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansome" title="Mansome">Mansome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Movies:_From_the_Margin_to_the_Mainstream" title="Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream">Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Of_Dolls_and_Murder" title="Of Dolls and Murder">Of Dolls and Murder</a></li> <li>Pie in the Sky: The <a href="/wiki/Brigid_Berlin" title="Brigid Berlin">Brigid Berlin</a> Story</li> <li>Queens of Disco (<a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SexTV" title="SexTV">SexTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spine_Tingler!_The_William_Castle_Story" title="Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story">Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tab_Hunter_Confidential" title="Tab Hunter Confidential">Tab Hunter Confidential</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_20th_Anniversary_Special_%E2%80%93_In_3-D!_On_Ice!" title="The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!">The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_Man:_Peter_Berlin" title="That Man: Peter Berlin">That Man: Peter Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=These_Amazing_Shadows:_The_Movies_That_Make_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make America (page does not exist)">These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated" title="This Film Is Not Yet Rated">This Film Is Not Yet Rated</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></li> <li>Tracks</li> <li>VH1 <a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Music" title="Behind the Music">Behind the Music</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blondie_(band)" title="Blondie (band)">Blondie</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Burroughs" title="William S. Burroughs">William S. Burroughs</a>: A Man Within</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_credits">Other credits</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other credits">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/This_Filthy_World" title="This Filthy World">This Filthy World</a> – Waters's touring one-man show, made into a feature film directed by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Garlin" title="Jeff Garlin">Jeff Garlin</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT1-136">[136]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mommie_Dearest_(film)" title="Mommie Dearest (film)">Mommie Dearest</a> (1981) – Audio commentary on film's "Hollywood Royalty Edition" DVD release (2006)<a href="#cite_note-CT1-137">[137]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film)" title="The Little Mermaid (1989 film)">The Little Mermaid</a> Special Edition DVD (2006) – Interview on 'making of' documentary about <a href="/wiki/Howard_Ashman" title="Howard Ashman">Howard Ashman</a>, the theatre (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(musical)" title="Little Shop of Horrors (musical)">Little Shop of Horrors</a>), and the inspiration behind the character Ursula: Divine</li> <li>A Date with John Waters (2007), a CD collection of songs Waters finds romantic<a href="#cite_note-NYT3-138">[138]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Evil" title="Christmas Evil">Christmas Evil</a> DVD release (2006) – Audio commentary<a href="#cite_note-FOM1-139">[139]</a></li> <li>Breaking Up with John Waters – Waters's third CD compilation rumored as "currently in the works" in 2004<a href="#cite_note-ST1-140">[140]</a></li> <li>The Other Hollywood – Commentary and opinions about pornography throughout the book<a href="#cite_note-HP1-141">[141]</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Creep_(song)" title="The Creep (song)">The Creep</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a>) – Appeared on a television set in <a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Island" title="The Lonely Island">The Lonely Island</a>'s music video "The Creep", which made its debut on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>. Waters gives the introduction to the song and he is credited as a featured artist on the album.<a href="#cite_note-BS2-142">[142]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art:21" title="Art:21">Art:21</a> – Introducing Host for Season Two, "Stories" episode – PBS DVD series<a href="#cite_note-JC-143">[143]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Published works">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWaters1981" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (1981). Shock Value. New York: <a href="/wiki/Dell_Pub._Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Dell Pub. Co.">Dell Pub. Co.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-440-57871-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-440-57871-X"><bdi>0-440-57871-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Shock+Value&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dell+Pub.+Co.&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-440-57871-X&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters1986" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (1986). Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters. New York: Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-624440-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-624440-3"><bdi>0-02-624440-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crackpot%3A+The+Obsessions+of+John+Waters&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-02-624440-3&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatersHainley2003" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John; Hainley, Bruce (2003). Art: A Sex Book. New York: Thames & Hudson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-500-28435-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-500-28435-0"><bdi>0-500-28435-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Art%3A+A+Sex+Book&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-500-28435-0&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Hainley%2C+Bruce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters2010" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (2010). Role Models. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-25147-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-25147-5"><bdi>978-0-374-25147-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Role+Models&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Farrar%2C+Straus+and+Giroux&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-374-25147-5&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters2014" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780374298630">Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America</a>. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-29863-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-29863-0"><bdi>978-0-374-29863-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Carsick%3A+John+Waters+Hitchhikes+Across+America&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Farrar%2C+Straus+and+Giroux&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-374-29863-0&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780374298630&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters2017" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (2017). Make Trouble. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61620-635-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61620-635-2"><bdi>978-1-61620-635-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Make+Trouble&rft.place=Chapel+Hill%2C+NC&rft.pub=Algonquin+Books&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-61620-635-2&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Waters, John (2019). Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-21496-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-21496-8">978-0-374-21496-8</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Novel</dt></dl> <ul><li>Waters, John (2022). <a href="/wiki/Liarmouth:_A_Feel-Bad_Romance" class="mw-redirect" title="Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance">Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance</a>. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-18572-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-18572-5">978-0-374-18572-5</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Screenplays</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters1988" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/trashtriothreesc00wate">Trash Trio: Three Screenplays: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Flamingos Forever</a>. New York: Vintage Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-75986-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-75986-9"><bdi>0-394-75986-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Trash+Trio%3A+Three+Screenplays%3A+Pink+Flamingos%2C+Desperate+Living%2C+Flamingos+Forever&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Vintage+Books&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-394-75986-9&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftrashtriothreesc00wate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters2005" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (2005). Hairspray, Female Trouble and Multiple Maniacs: Three More Screenplays. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56025-702-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-56025-702-4"><bdi>1-56025-702-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hairspray%2C+Female+Trouble+and+Multiple+Maniacs%3A+Three+More+Screenplays&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Thunder%27s+Mouth+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-56025-702-4&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <dl><dt>Photo collections</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters1997" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/directorscut00wate">Director's Cut</a>. New York: Scalo. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-931141-56-X" title="Special:BookSources/3-931141-56-X"><bdi>3-931141-56-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Director%27s+Cut&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Scalo&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=3-931141-56-X&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdirectorscut00wate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters2006" class="citation book cs1">Waters, John (2006). Unwatchable. New York: Marianne Boesky Gallery. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9779503-0-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-9779503-0-1"><bdi>0-9779503-0-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Unwatchable&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Marianne+Boesky+Gallery&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9779503-0-1&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_John_Waters_Christmas" title="A John Waters Christmas">A John Waters Christmas</a> – A CD of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas songs">Christmas songs</a> compiled by Waters (2004)<a href="#cite_note-NYT2-144">[144]</a></li> <li>A Date With John Waters  – A CD of love songs for Valentine's Day compiled by Waters. New Line Records (2007)<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></li> <li>Role Models  – Audiobook narrated by Mr. Waters. Tantor Media (2010)</li> <li>Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America  – Audiobook narrated by Mr. Waters. Macmillan Audio (2014)</li> <li>Make Trouble  – Spoken word speech. <a href="/wiki/Jack_White" title="Jack White">Jack White</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Third_Man_Records" title="Third Man Records">Third Man Records</a> (2017).<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Produced by Grammy-winner <a href="/wiki/Ian_Brennan_(music_producer)" title="Ian Brennan (music producer)">Ian Brennan</a></li> <li>Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder  – Audiobook narrated by Mr. Waters. Macmillan Audio (2019)</li> <li>Prayer to Pasolini  – Spoken word speech recorded at the murder site of filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini" title="Pier Paolo Pasolini">Pier Paolo Pasolini</a> on the outskirts of Rome. <a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub Pop Records">Sub Pop Records</a> (2021).<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> Produced by Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan.</li> <li>Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance (A Novel)  – Audiobook narrated by Mr. Waters. Macmillan Audio (2022)</li> <li>It's in the Book  – Spoken word tribute to comedian <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Standley" title="Johnny Standley">Johnny Standley</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub Pop Records">Sub Pop Records</a> (2022).<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Produced by Grammy-winner, Ian Brennan.</li> <li>John Waters Covers <a href="/wiki/The_Singing_Dogs" title="The Singing Dogs">The Singing Dogs</a>' "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>" b/w "It's a Punk Rock Christmas"  – Comedy <a href="/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music">Christmas music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub Pop Records">Sub Pop Records</a> (2024).<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations">edit</a>]</div> In 1999, Waters was honored with the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the <a href="/wiki/Provincetown_International_Film_Festival" title="Provincetown International Film Festival">Provincetown International Film Festival</a>. In September 2015, the British Film Institute ran a programme to celebrate 50 years of Waters films which included all of his early films, some previously unscreened in the UK. In 2014, Waters was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> for the spoken word version of his book, Carsick. His follow-up record, Make Trouble, was produced by Grammy-winning producer, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Brennan_(music_producer)" title="Ian Brennan (music producer)">Ian Brennan</a>, and released on <a href="/wiki/Jack_White" title="Jack White">Jack White</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Third_Man_Records" title="Third Man Records">Third Man Records</a> in the fall of 2017.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> Waters received his second Grammy-nomination in 2020 for Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> In 2015, he received the Ted M. Larson Award at the <a href="/wiki/Fargo_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Fargo Film Festival">Fargo Film Festival</a> for his contribution to filmmaking.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> In 2016, Waters received an honorary degree from the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Institute_College_of_Art" title="Maryland Institute College of Art">Maryland Institute College of Art</a> in Baltimore during the college's undergraduate commencement ceremony. He received an honorary doctorate from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Baltimore" title="University of Baltimore">University of Baltimore</a> in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> In 2017, Waters received Timeless Star honors from the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (now GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics). The group's career achievement award goes to an entertainment figure "whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit."<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> In 2018, Waters was named an Officier of the <a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a>, a cultural award from the French government.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> In 2023, Waters received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. His friends and collaborators <a href="/wiki/Mink_Stole" title="Mink Stole">Mink Stole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gorman" title="Greg Gorman">Greg Gorman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ricki_Lake" title="Ricki Lake">Ricki Lake</a> spoke at the induction. 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December 2, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=John+Waters+shares+new+Sub+Pop+single%2C+on+annual+Christmas+tour+now&rft.date=2022-12-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brooklynvegan.com%2Fjohn-waters-shares-new-sub-pop-single-on-annual-christmas-tour-now%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBreihan2024" class="citation news cs1">Breihan, Tom (November 8, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stereogum.com/2286779/john-waters-shares-proudly-unlistenable-new-christmas-record/music/">"John Waters Shares Proudly Unlistenable New Christmas Record"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stereogum" title="Stereogum">Stereogum</a>. 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Retrieved December 8, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=John+Waters+Takes+Us+on+a+Funny%2C+Filthy+Tour+of+His+Fine+Art&rft.date=2018-10-14&rft.aulast=Robinson&rft.aufirst=Shannon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fjohn-waters-takes-us-on-a-funny-filthy-tour-of-his-fine-art&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-157"><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a> Gardner, Chris. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/john-waters-salutes-desperate-showbiz-rejects-hollywood-walk-of-fame-ceremony-1235593112/">"John Waters Salutes 'Desperate Showbiz Rejects' at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony: 'Here I Am, Closer to the Gutter Than Ever'"</a>. The Hollywood Reporter. Published September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023. </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a> KCAL-News Staff. "Filmmaker John Waters receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame" CBS Los Angeles. September 18, 2023. September 18, 2023. </li> <li id="cite_note-159"><a href="#cite_ref-159">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000691/awards?ref_=nm_awd">"John Waters - Awards"</a>. <a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a>. Retrieved May 22, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=John+Waters+-+Awards&rft.pub=IMDb&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000691%2Fawards%3Fref_%3Dnm_awd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-160"><a href="#cite_ref-160">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-waters">"John Waters - Artist"</a>. Grammys.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Grammys.com&rft.atitle=John+Waters+-+Artist&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grammy.com%2Fgrammys%2Fartists%2Fjohn-waters&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_bibliography">General bibliography</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Waters&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: General bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEgan2011" class="citation book cs1">Egan, James, ed. (2011). John Waters: Interviews. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61703-182-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61703-182-3"><bdi>978-1-61703-182-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=John+Waters%3A+Interviews&rft.place=Jackson%2C+Mississippi&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-61703-182-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIves1992" class="citation book cs1">Ives, John G. (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/johnwaters00ives">John Waters</a>. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56025-033-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-56025-033-X"><bdi>1-56025-033-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=John+Waters&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Thunder%27s+Mouth+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-56025-033-X&rft.aulast=Ives&rft.aufirst=John+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjohnwaters00ives&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson1996" class="citation book cs1">Stevenson, Jack (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/campamerica00stev">Desperate Visions 1: Camp America: The Films of John Waters & the Kuchar Brothers: Interviews & Essays</a>. London: Creation Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-871592-34-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-871592-34-8"><bdi>1-871592-34-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Desperate+Visions+1%3A+Camp+America%3A+The+Films+of+John+Waters+%26+the+Kuchar+Brothers%3A+Interviews+%26+Essays&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Creation+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-871592-34-8&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcampamerica00stev&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPela2002" class="citation book cs1">Pela, Robrt L. (2002). Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters. Alyson Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55583-625-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-55583-625-9"><bdi>1-55583-625-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Filthy%3A+The+Weird+World+of+John+Waters&rft.pub=Alyson+Publishing&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-55583-625-9&rft.aulast=Pela&rft.aufirst=Robrt+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillipsSolondz2004" class="citation book cs1">Phillips, Lisa; Solondz, Todd (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/johnwaterschange00wate">John Waters: Change of Life</a>. Harry N. Abrams. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8109-4306-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8109-4306-9"><bdi>0-8109-4306-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=John+Waters%3A+Change+of+Life&rft.pub=Harry+N.+Abrams&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-8109-4306-9&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft.au=Solondz%2C+Todd&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjohnwaterschange00wate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Waters" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaier2011" class="citation book cs1">Maier, Robert (2011). Low Budget Hell: Making Underground Movies with John Waters. 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