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  1. BornJohn Samuel Waters Jr. · April 22, 1946 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    RelativesGeorge P. Whitaker (third-great-grandfather)
    OccupationsFilmmaker · actor · writer · artist
    John Waters, The Hairspray King
    John Waters, The Hairspray King
    The Outrageous Life of John Waters
    The Outrageous Life of John Waters
    Early life and education

    Waters was born on April 22, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland, one of four children born to Patricia Ann (née Whitaker) and John Samuel Waters, a manufacturer of fire-protection equipment. He was raised Catholic by … See more

    Career

    Waters's first short film was Hag in a Black Leather Jacket. MGM's The Wizard of Oz (1939) had a profound effect on Waters' creative mind. He said about it:
    I was always drawn to forbidden subject matter in th… See more

    Other ventures

    Waters is a bibliophile, with a collection of over 8,000 books. In 2011, during a visit to the Waters house in Baltimore, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson observed:
    Bookshelves line the walls but they are not enough. Th… See more

    Personal life

    Although he has maintained apartments in New York City and San Francisco's Nob Hill, as well as a summer home in Provincetown, Waters mainly resides in Baltimore. All his films are set and shot there. He i… See more

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