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    • 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 mus… See more

    BornJohn Samuel Waters Jr. · April 22, 1946 · Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    RelativesGeorge P. Whitaker (third-great-grandfather)
    OccupationsFilmmaker · actor · writer · artist
    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

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