John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. 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), Cry-Baby (1990), Serial Mom (1994), Pecker (1998), and Cecil B. Demented (2000). His films contain elements of post-modern comedy and surrealism.
22 April 1946
Born on the same birth date (22 April 1946): Archy Kirkwood • Louise Harel • Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford • Paul Davies • Steven L. Bennett
Born on the same birth day (22 April): Ana María Shua • Christopher Ball (linguist) • David J. C. MacKay • Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk • Hanfried Lenz • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Jack Nicholson • Jack Nitzsche • Jan de Hartog • Jeff Hostetler • Paul Chambers • Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten • Princess Margaret of Prussia • Sean Lock • Vladimir Nabokov • Wilhelm Schickard • William Jay Smith
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