He was raised Roman Catholic by his mother, though his father was not Roman Catholic. 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. In 2018, Waters was named an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Know-It-All were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 20, respectively. The audiobooks he narrated for his books Carsick and Mr. In 2016, he received an honorary degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Waters also works as a visual artist and across different media, such as installations, photography, and sculpture. More recently, he performs in his touring one-man show This Filthy World. Īs an actor, Waters has appeared in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Seed of Chucky (2004), 'Til Death Do Us Part (2007), Mangus! (2011), Excision (2012), and Suburban Gothic (2014). Waters often worked with actor and drag queen Divine and his regular cast of the Dreamlanders.

His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism. He has written and directed other films, including Polyester (1981), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which became an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist.

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