John Samuel Waters Jr born April 22 1946 is an American filmmaker writer actor and artist He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films including Multiple Maniacs 1970 Pink Flamingos 1972 and Female Trouble 1974 Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray 1988 which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film Other films he has written and directed include Desperate Living 1977 Polyester 1981 CryBaby 1990 Serial Mom 1994 Pecker 1998 and Cecil B Demented 2000 His films contain elements of postmodern comedy and surrealism As an actor Waters has appeared in Sweet and Lowdown 1999 Til Death Do Us Part 2007 Mangus 2011 Excision 2012 Suburban Gothic 2014 and has appeared in the Childs Play franchise with Seed of Chucky 2004 and third season of the television series Chucky 2024 He hosted and produced the television series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You 2006 Throughout his career Waters has often collaborated with actor and drag queen Divine and his regular cast of the Dreamlanders More recently he performs in his touring oneman show This Filthy World Waters also works as a visual artist and across different media such as installations photography and sculpture The audiobooks he narrated for his books Carsick and Mr KnowItAll were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2015 and 2020 respectively In 2018 Waters was named an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 Description above from the Wikipedia article John Waters licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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